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This Element will overview research using models to understand scientific practice. It argues that while these models are epistemically useful, the best way to employ most of them to understand and improve science is in combination with empirical methods and other sorts of theorizing.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. The credit economy; 3. The natural selection of science; 4. Social networks and scientific knowledge; 5. Epistemic landscapes; 6. The replication crisis and methodological reform; 7. The replication crisis and methodological reform; Bibliography.

Modelling Scientific Communities

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    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Publication Date: 12/21/2023 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9781009359542, 978-1009359542
    ISBN10: 1009359541
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    Credit and credit institutions Labour / income economics Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This Element will overview research using models to understand scientific practice. It argues that while these models are epistemically useful, the best way to employ most of them to understand and improve science is in combination with empirical methods and other sorts of theorizing.

    Table of Contents
    1. Introduction; 2. The credit economy; 3. The natural selection of science; 4. Social networks and scientific knowledge; 5. Epistemic landscapes; 6. The replication crisis and methodological reform; 7. The replication crisis and methodological reform; Bibliography.

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