Epistemic divergence and the publicity of scientific methods Export

@article{citeulike:937911, abstract = {Epistemic divergence occurs when different investigators give different answers to the same question using evidence-collecting methods that are not public. Without following the principle that scientific methods must be public, scientific communities risk epistemic divergence. I explicate the notion of public method and argue that, to avoid the risk of epistemic divergence, scientific communities should (and do) apply only methods that are public.}, author = {Piccinini, Gualtiero}, citeulike-article-id = {937911}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00049-9}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V70-497HBMJ-1/2/3d77ede612b5427b79866fb754af20e8}, doi = {10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00049-9}, journal = {Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A}, keywords = {epistemic\_divergence}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {597--612}, posted-at = {2006-11-09 15:13:38}, priority = {2}, title = {Epistemic divergence and the publicity of scientific methods}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00049-9}, volume = {34}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:937911 L3 - citeulike-article-id:937911 N2 - Epistemic divergence occurs when different investigators give different answers to the same question using evidence-collecting methods that are not public. Without following the principle that scientific methods must be public, scientific communities risk epistemic divergence. I explicate the notion of public method and argue that, to avoid the risk of epistemic divergence, scientific communities should (and do) apply only methods that are public. IS - 3 JF - Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A EP - 612 TI - Epistemic divergence and the publicity of scientific methods VL - 34 SP - 597 KW - epistemic_divergence AU - Piccinini, Gualtiero PY - 2003/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0039-3681(03)00049-9 ER -