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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777334803321

Autore

Wible James R. <1951, >

Titolo

The economics of science : methodology and epistemology as if economics really mattered / / James R. Wible

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-69191-2

1-134-69192-0

1-280-05385-2

9786610053858

0-203-17697-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy, , 1359-7914 ; ; 13

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Fraud in science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; WHY AN ECONOMICS OF SCIENCE?; AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF REPLICATION FAILURE; AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF FRAUD IN SCIENCE; PEIRCE'S ECONOMICS OF RESEARCH PROJECT  SELECTION; A COST-BENEFIT APPROACH TO RESEARCH PROJECT  SELECTION, POPPER'S METHODOLOGY, AND SCIENTIFIC  PROGRESS; MARKET FAILURE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS: THE  CASES OF KARL POPPER AND THE ECONOMICS  PROFESSION; MARKET FAILURE IN THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS: THE  CASE OF FRIEDMAN'S ESSAY

SELF-CORRECTIVE SCIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF  MARKET FAILURE: THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS IS  NOT REALLY A MARKETON THE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION OF SCIENCE, THE  FIRM, AND THE MARKETPLACE; TOWARDS AN EVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTION OF  RATIONALITY IN SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS; INTERNAL CRITICISM AND THE PROBLEM OF  SELF-REFERENCE; AN ECONOMIC CRITIQUE OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF  ECONOMIC THEORY AND METHOD; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Science is difficult and costly to do well. This study systematically creates an economics of science. Many aspects of science are explored



from an economic point of view. The scientist is treated as an economically rational individual. This book begins with economic models of misconduct in science and the legitimate, normal practices of science, moving on to market failure, the market place of ideas, self-correctiveness, and the organizational and institutional structures of science. An exploration of broader methodological themes raised by an economics of science ends the work.