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Cooperation, Competition, and the Contractarian View of Scientific Research
Zamora Bonilla, Jesús P.
2013
Abstract
Using the approach known as ‘Economics of Scientific Knowledge’, this paper defends the view of scientific norms as the result of a ‘social contract’, i.e., as an equilibrium in the (second order) game of selecting the norms under which to proceed to play the (first order) game of scientific research and publication. A categorisation of the relevant types of scientific norms is offered, as well as a discussion about the incentives of the researchers in choosing some or other alternative rules.
Series
Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics
XV (2013) 2
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Jesús P. Zamora Bonilla, "Cooperation, Competition, and the Contractarian View of Scientific Research", in: Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, XV (2013) 2, pp. 14-24.
Languages
en
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