Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 263 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 473 g
A Lacanian Diagnostics of Integrity Challenges in Science Novels
Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 263 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 473 g
Reihe: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
ISBN: 978-3-319-88053-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
This monograph contributes to the scientific misconduct debate from an oblique perspective, by analysing seven novels devoted to this issue, namely: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (1925), The affair by C.P. Snow (1960), Cantor’s Dilemma by Carl Djerassi (1989), Perlmann’s Silence by Pascal Mercier (1995), Intuition by Allegra Goodman (2006), Solar by Ian McEwan (2010) and Derailment by Diederik Stapel (2012). Scientific misconduct, i.e. fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, but also other questionable research practices, have become a focus of concern for academic communities worldwide, but also for managers, funders and publishers of research. The aforementioned novels offer intriguing windows into integrity challenges emerging in contemporary research practices. They are analysed from a continental philosophical perspective, providing a stage where various voices, positions and modes of discourse are mutually exposed to one another, so that they critically address and question one another. They force us to start from the admission that we do not really know what misconduct is. Subsequently, by providing case histories of misconduct, they address integrity challenges not only in terms of individual deviance but also in terms of systemic crisis, due to current transformations in the ways in which knowledge is produced. Rather than functioning as moral vignettes, the author argues that misconduct novels challenge us to reconsider some of the basic conceptual building blocks of integrity discourse.
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Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Conceptual framework and methodology: Lacanian psychoanalysis.- Chapter3. Phage ethics (Sinclair Lewis – Arrowsmith, 1925).- Chapter4. The toxic picture (C.P. Snow – The Affair, 1960).- Chapter 5. Crisis and credibility (Carl Djerassi – Cantor’s Dilemma, 1989).- Chapter 6. Tainted texts (Pascal Mercier – Perlmann’s Silence, 1995).- Chapter 7. The retraction (Allegra Goodman – Intuition, 2006).- Plagiarising nature (Ian McEwan – Solar, 2010).- Chapter 9. Conclusion: psychoanalysing science.