Abstract
Industry is a major source of funding for scientific research. There is also a growing concern for how it corrupts researchers faced with conflicts of interest. As such, the debate has focused on whether researchers have maintained their integrity. In this article we draw on both the history of medicine and formal modeling to argue that given methodological diversity and a merit-based system, industry funding can bias a community without corrupting any particular individual. We close by considering a policy solution (i.e., independent funding) that may seem to promote unbiased inquiry but that actually exacerbates the problem without additional restrictions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1008-1019 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Philosophy of Science |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 Dec |
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- History
- Philosophy
- History and Philosophy of Science
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Experimentation by industrial selection. / Holman, Bennett; Bruner, Justin.
In: Philosophy of Science, Vol. 84, No. 5, 12.2017, p. 1008-1019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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PY - 2017/12
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N2 - Industry is a major source of funding for scientific research. There is also a growing concern for how it corrupts researchers faced with conflicts of interest. As such, the debate has focused on whether researchers have maintained their integrity. In this article we draw on both the history of medicine and formal modeling to argue that given methodological diversity and a merit-based system, industry funding can bias a community without corrupting any particular individual. We close by considering a policy solution (i.e., independent funding) that may seem to promote unbiased inquiry but that actually exacerbates the problem without additional restrictions.
AB - Industry is a major source of funding for scientific research. There is also a growing concern for how it corrupts researchers faced with conflicts of interest. As such, the debate has focused on whether researchers have maintained their integrity. In this article we draw on both the history of medicine and formal modeling to argue that given methodological diversity and a merit-based system, industry funding can bias a community without corrupting any particular individual. We close by considering a policy solution (i.e., independent funding) that may seem to promote unbiased inquiry but that actually exacerbates the problem without additional restrictions.
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