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The Scientific Community Metaphor

dc.date.accessioned2004-10-01T20:31:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-24T10:10:09Z
dc.date.available2004-10-01T20:31:20Z
dc.date.available2018-11-24T10:10:09Z
dc.date.issued1981-01-01en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5693
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/1721.1/5693
dc.description.abstractScientific communnities have proven to be extremely successful at solving problems. They are inherently parallel systems and their macroscopic nature makes them amenable to careful study. In this paper the character of scientific research is examined drawing on sources in the philosophy and history of science. We maintain that the success of scientific research depends critically on its concurrency and pluralism. A variant of the language Ether is developed that embodies notions of concurrency necessary to emulate some of the problem solving behavior of scientific communities. Capabilities of scientific communities are discussed in parallel with simplified models of these capabilities in this language.en_US
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dc.subjectparallelismen_US
dc.subjectproblem solvingen_US
dc.subjectphilosophy of scienceen_US
dc.titleThe Scientific Community Metaphoren_US


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