Title: Redressing imbalances in the kind of research that gets done and who gets credit for it
Abstract: If we want good work to get done, we should credit those who do it. In science and philosophy, researchers are credited predominantly via authorship on publications. But many contributions to modern research are not recognized with authorship, due in part to the high bar imposed by the authorship criteria of many journals. “Contributorship” is a more inclusive framework for indicating who did what in the work described by a paper, and many scientific journals have recently implemented versions of it. Should philosophy implement similar reforms? I will describe one scientist’s perspective (mine) on some of the reasons for and problems of contributorship in science, with some tentative comments regarding how philosophy is, and perhaps should be, done differently.
When
Thu Mar 5, 2020 4am – 5:30am Coordinated Universal Time
