Skoči na glavni sadržaj

Stručni rad

The referee’s dilemma. The ethics of scientific communities and game theory

Tomislav Bracanović


Puni tekst: engleski pdf 134 Kb

str. 55-74

preuzimanja: 983

citiraj


Sažetak

This article argues that various deviations from the basic principles of the scientific ethos – primarily the appearance of pseudoscience in scientific communities – can be formulated and explained using specific models
of game theory, such as the prisoner’s dilemma and the iterated prisoner’s dilemma. The article indirectly tackles the deontology of scientific work as well, in which it is assumed that there is no room for moral skepticism, let alone moral anti-realism, in the ethics of scientific communities. Namely, on the basis of the generally accepted dictum of scientific endeavor as the pursuit of knowledge exclusively for knowledge’s sake, scientifically »right« behavior is seen to be clearly defined and distinguishable from scientifically »wrong« behavior. After elucidating the basic principles of game theory, the article illustrates – by using imaginary and real cases, as well as some views from the philosophyof biology (the units of selection debate) – how this sort of reasoning could be applied in an analysis of the functioning of science.

Ključne riječi

Game theory; prisoner’s dilemma; iterated prisoner’s dilemma; scientific communities; pseudoscience; biological and scientific selection; unitsof selection

Hrčak ID:

321

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/321

Datum izdavanja:

10.6.2002.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

Posjeta: 2.447 *