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HomeUpcoming EventsKevin Zollman (Carnegie Mellon): "The Credit Economy and The Economic Rationality of Science"
Kevin Zollman (Carnegie Mellon): "The Credit Economy and the Economic Rationality of Science"

Theories of scientific rationality typically pertain to belief. This talk argues that we should expand our focus to include not just scientists' beliefs but also their motivations.  An economic model is used to evaluate whether science is best served by scientists motivated only by truth, only by credit, or by both truth and credit.  In many, but not all, situations scientists motivated by both truth and credit should be judged as the most rational scientists.

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  • Thu 18 May 2017, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

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Coombs Seminar Room A

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Philosophy Departmental Seminars