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SUMMARY:Science funding 2.0 - Shahar Avin (Department of History and Philo
 sophy of Science)
DTSTART:20121010T160000Z
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CONTACT:Vashka dos Remedios
DESCRIPTION:In _Science in a Democratic Society_ (2011)\, Philip Kitcher a
 rgued that the institutions of science are in need of reform\, reform that
  will bring them\ncloser to fulfilling their role of providing humanity wi
 th reliable answers to significant questions. Kitcher also suggested some 
 practical steps for\ngetting there\, such as the creation of an atlas of s
 cientific significance and an index of human needs. In this session of Phi
 losophy Workshop\, I will\npresent an alternative set of practical suggest
 ions for reforming scientific institutions. (My suggestions\, in mind-map 
 format\, will be circulated prior to the workshop.) These suggestions incl
 ude reforms to the process of science funding\, to the division of respons
 ibility between funding bodies\, to the role of amateur science\, and to t
 he role of online publication and review. I hope to hear from you suggesti
 ons for improving this set of practical proposals\, and also to discuss yo
 ur thoughts about the kind of philosophical arguments that would favour th
 is proposal over its alternatives\, both those in practice and those propo
 sed by Kitcher and others.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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