The Incentivised University Scientific Revolutions, Policies, Consequences /
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| Summary: | XIII, 226 p. 1 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| Series: | Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84447-9 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part I: Truth-seeking and Scientific Progress
- Chapter 2. What is at Stake: Higher Education for Society
- Chapter 3. The Dynamics of Scientific Progress
- Chapter 4. Philosophy of Science with Consequences
- Part II: The Dangers of Normal Science and Academic Consensus
- Chapter 5. The Existence and Dangers of Normal Science
- Chapter 6. The Dynamics of Consensus and Academic Communities
- Part III Incentives in Modern Higher Education and Their Distortionary Consequences
- Chapter 7. From Accountability to Managerialism and Incentives
- Chapter 8. Incentive Mechanisms in Modern Higher Education
- Chapter 9. Research Impact and Incredible Certitude
- Chapter 10. Rewarding Normal Pseudoscience and Facsimile Science
- Chapter 11. Economics, Facsimile Science and Societal Harm
- Part IV: Variation Across Contexts
- Chapter 12. Variation Across Disciplines, Societies and Institutions
- Chapter 13. Epistemic Hierarchies, Decolonisation and the Periphery
- Part V:Conclusion
- Chapter 14. Scientific Revolutions Will Not Be Incentivised
- Index.