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Critical Rationalism and Scientific Competition

Critical Rationalism and Scientific Competition Abstract This paper considers critical rationalism under an institutional perspective. It argues that a methodology must be incentive compatible in order to prevail in scientific competition. As shown by a formal game-theoretic model of scientific competition, incentive compatibility requires quality standards that are hereditary: using high-quality research as an input must increase a researcher’s chances to produce high-quality output. Critical rationalism is incentive compatible because of the way it deals with the Duhem-Quine problem. An example from experimental economics illustrates the relevance of the arguments. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyse & Kritik de Gruyter

Critical Rationalism and Scientific Competition

Analyse & Kritik , Volume 32 (2) – Nov 1, 2010

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by the
ISSN
0171-5860
eISSN
2365-9858
DOI
10.1515/auk-2010-0204
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Abstract

Abstract This paper considers critical rationalism under an institutional perspective. It argues that a methodology must be incentive compatible in order to prevail in scientific competition. As shown by a formal game-theoretic model of scientific competition, incentive compatibility requires quality standards that are hereditary: using high-quality research as an input must increase a researcher’s chances to produce high-quality output. Critical rationalism is incentive compatible because of the way it deals with the Duhem-Quine problem. An example from experimental economics illustrates the relevance of the arguments.

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Analyse & Kritikde Gruyter

Published: Nov 1, 2010

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