Towards an Epistemic Approach to Evaluation in SSH
Abstract
Controversies about research evaluation in SSH do not depend mainly on technical issues, such as coverage and reliability of indicators, but on deeper epistemic reasons. This chapter argues that entering into the way in which scientific communities produce valid knowledge is a promising avenue to make research evaluation legitimate and productive. The chapters, expanding a work initiated in a book, combine two levels of analysis: a historical...
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Title
Towards an Epistemic Approach to Evaluation in SSH
Published Date
Jan 1, 2018
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Pages
1 - 29
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