Why Pursue Unification? A Social-Epistemological Puzzle

Why Pursue Unification? A Social-Epistemological Puzzle

<p>Many have argued that unified theories ought to be pursued wherever possible. We deny this on the basis of social-epistemological and game-theoretic considerations. Consequently, those seeking a more ubiquitous role for unification must either attend to the scientific community’s social str...

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Main Authors: Randall Harp, Kareem Khalifa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2015-11-01
Series:THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
Subjects:
unification, social epistemology, game theory, science
theory pursuit
Online Access:http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/12647
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spelling doaj-a3756f5f2b65401b8d4da9e9ff726b022020-11-24T23:48:43ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTHEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science0495-45482171-679X2015-11-0130343144710.1387/theoria.1264711597Why Pursue Unification? A Social-Epistemological PuzzleRandall Harp0Kareem Khalifa1University of VermontMiddlebury College<p>Many have argued that unified theories ought to be pursued wherever possible. We deny this on the basis of social-epistemological and game-theoretic considerations. Consequently, those seeking a more ubiquitous role for unification must either attend to the scientific community’s social structure in greater detail than has been the case, and/or radically revise their conception of unification.</p>http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/12647unification, social epistemology, game theory, sciencetheory pursuit
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THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
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theory pursuit
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title_fullStr Why Pursue Unification? A Social-Epistemological Puzzle
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publisher University of the Basque Country
series THEORIA : an International Journal for Theory, History and Fundations of Science
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2171-679X
publishDate 2015-11-01
description <p>Many have argued that unified theories ought to be pursued wherever possible. We deny this on the basis of social-epistemological and game-theoretic considerations. Consequently, those seeking a more ubiquitous role for unification must either attend to the scientific community’s social structure in greater detail than has been the case, and/or radically revise their conception of unification.</p>
topic unification, social epistemology, game theory, science
theory pursuit
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