Explaining Scientific Collaboration
A General Functional Account
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399493 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Boyer-Kassem, Thomas Boyer‐Kassem (0000-0002-7621-0253, corresponding author), Cyrille Imbert |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 993-1017 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/716837 |
| OpenAlex | W2897481435 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
For two centuries, collaborative research has become increasingly widespread. Various explanations of this trend have been proposed. Here, we offer a novel functional explanation of it. It differs from ac- counts like that of Wray (2002) by the precise socio-epistemic mech- anism that grounds the beneficialness of collaboration. Boyer-Kassem and Imbert (2015) show how minor differences in the step-efficiency of collaborative groups can make them much more successful in particular configurations. We investigate this model further, derive robust social patterns concerning the general successfulness of collaborative groups, and argue that these patterns can be used to defend a general functional account
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