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(2010) Epsa epistemology and methodology of science, Dordrecht, Springer.
Why should philosophers of science pay attention to the commercialization of academic science?
Gürol Irzik
pp. 129-138
Certain segments of academic science such as biomedicine, genetics and pharmacology are being rapidly commercialized especially in the U.S. In this article, I outline the developments that led to this phenomenon and argue that it has a number of negative effects on various aspects of science, such as the choice of scientific problems and the direction of scientific research, the discovery-invention distinction, social norms and the function of science. Since these issues are the standard purview of the philosophy of science, I urge philosophers of science to pay more attention to the commercialization of academic science.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3263-8_11
Full citation:
Irzik, G. (2010)., Why should philosophers of science pay attention to the commercialization of academic science?, in M. Surez, M. Dorato & M. Rédei (eds.), Epsa epistemology and methodology of science, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 129-138.
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