Fallis D "The epistemic costs and benefits of collaboration " Southern Journal of Philosophy 44: 197-208 Suppl. S, 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

Don Fallis : fallis at email.arizona.edu

Title: The epistemic costs and benefits of collaboration 

Author(s): Fallis D 

Source: SOUTHERN JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY 44: 197-208 Suppl. S, 2006 

Document Type: Editorial Material 
Language: English 
Cited References: 29      Times Cited: 0          

Abstract: 
In "How to Collaborate," Paul Thagard tries to explain why there is so 
much collaboration in science, and so little collaboration in philosophy, 
by giving an epistemic cost-benefit analysis. In this paper, I argue that 
an adequate explanation requires a more fully developed epistemic value 
theory than Thagard utilizes. In addition, I offer an alternative to 
Thagard's explanation of the lack of collaboration in philosophy. He 
appeals to its lack of a tradition of collaboration and to the a priori 
nature of much philosophical research. I claim that philosophers rarely 
collaborate simply because they can usually get the benefits without 
paying the costs of actually collaborating. 

KeyWords Plus: INFORMATION; INDICATORS 

Addresses: Fallis D (reprint author), Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA 

Publisher: SOUTHERN J PHILOSOPHY UNIV MEMPHIS, DEPT PHILOSOPHY, MEMPHIS, 
TN 38152 USA 

Subject Category: PHILOSOPHY 
IDS Number: 056UZ 
ISSN: 0038-4283 

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