期刊名称：RT. A Journal on Research Policy and Evaluation
印刷版ISSN：2282-5398
出版年度：2015
卷号：3
期号：1
DOI：10.13130/2282-5398/4768
语种：English
出版社：Università degli Studi di Milano
摘要：Since the publication of Kitcher’s influential paper The Division of Cognitive Labor , some philosophers wondered about these two related issues: (1) which is the optimal distribution of cognitive efforts among rival methods within a scientific community?, and (2) whether and how can a community achieve such an optimal distribution? Though not committing to any specific answer to question (1), I claim that issue (2) does not depend exclusively on an invisible hand like mechanism, since both intra-scientific and extra-scientific institutions may play a major role. Finally, I examine some practical difficulties of reallocating scientists from a method to another, which leads to stress the importance of well-planned training and recruitment.
其他摘要：Since the publication of Kitcher’s influential paper The Division of Cognitive Labor , some philosophers wondered about these two related issues: (1) which is the optimal distribution of cognitive efforts among rival methods within a scientific community?, and (2) whether and how can a community achieve such an optimal distribution? Though not committing to any specific answer to question (1), I claim that issue (2) does not depend exclusively on an invisible hand like mechanism, since both intra-scientific and extra-scientific institutions may play a major role. Finally, I examine some practical difficulties of reallocating scientists from a method to another, which leads to stress the importance of well-planned training and recruitment.
关键词：social epistemology;economic epistemology;divison of cognitive labor
