The Social Structure of Science
In what way does the social structure of science serve to advance, or to retard, the pursuit of scientific knowledge? My interest in this and similar questions was sparked when I taught chapter 8 of Philip Kitcher's The Advancement of Science in a class on confirmation theory.
See also my general-audience book, The Knowledge Machine, and my paper Science Is Irrational—and a Good Thing, Too
Published Work
- Scientific Sharing: Communism and the Social Contract. In Thomas Boyer-Kassem, Conor Mayo-Wilson and Michael Weisberg (eds.) Scientific Collaboration and Collective Knowledge, Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Herding and the Quest for Credit. Journal of Economic Methodology 20, 19–34, 2013.
- Economic Approaches to Understanding Scientific Norms. Episteme 8, 184–200, 2011.
- Reconsidering Authority: Scientific Expertise, Bounded Rationality, and Epistemic Backtracking. Oxford Studies in Epistemology, vol. 3, 2010.
- The Role of the Matthew Effect in Science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 37, 159–170, 2006.
- The Role of the Priority Rule in Science. Journal of Philosophy 100:2, 55–79, 2003.