دانلود کتاب The Incentivised University: Scientific Revolutions, Policies, Consequences (Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives, 9)

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Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Philosophical Foundations of Socially Valuable Intellectual Inquiry
Scientific Revolutions and Normal Science
Incentivising Scientific Revolutions
The Nature of Truth and Its Approximations
The Consequences of Revolutions Deferred and Denied
Accountability and the Academy
An Application to Economics
Distinction from Extant Literature
References
Part I: Truth-Seeking and Scientific Progress
Chapter 2: What Is at Stake: Higher Education for Society
Some Philosophical Preliminaries
The Pursuit of Truth
Misdirected Scientific Inquiry
Directing Scientific Inquiry
Returning to the University
References
Chapter 3: The Dynamics of Scientific Progress
Scientific Progress
Dimensions of Progress: Theory Adoption, Puzzle and Problem Solving
The Dynamics of Progress
First-Mover Advantage and Path-Dependent Science
Progress and Pedagogy
References
Chapter 4: Philosophy of Science with Consequences
Defining Consequences
An Illustration: Consequences and the Miasma Theory of Cholera
Scientific Progress with Consequences
Theory Adoption
Problem Solving and Puzzle Solving
Progress and the Relative Performance of Theories
References
Part II: The Dangers of Normal Science and Academic Consensus
Chapter 5: The Existence and Dangers of Normal Science
The Character and Progressiveness of Normal Science
In What Sense Is Normal Science Progressive?
The Dangers of Normal Science
The Character and Motives of the Individual Scientist
References
Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Consensus and Academic Communities
Progress and Consensus
Norms and Scientific Consensus
Consensus as Tyranny
Between Anarchy and Ideology: A Diversity of Types
Market Analogies: The Scientific Community as a Market and the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’
The Market, Neoliberalism, and Community
References
Part III: Incentives in Modern Higher Education and Their Distortionary Consequences
Chapter 7: From Accountability to Managerialism and Incentives
Managerialism and Quantification
Institutional Structure and New Public Management
Quantification of Status
Quantification of Progress
The Direction of Intellectual Activity
Incentives and Their Consequences
Direction Through Incentives
Generic Problems with Incentives
Intellectual Progress Through Incentives?
References
Chapter 8: Incentive Mechanisms in Modern Higher Education
Publication Output
Publication Prestige
External Funding
Emergent Themes
References
Chapter 9: Research Impact and Incredible Certitude
Research Impact and Its Proxies
Distortionary Consequences of Impact Metrics
Epistemological Consequences: Incredible Certitude and Performative Science
References
Chapter 10: Rewarding Normal Pseudoscience and Facsimile Science
Incentivising Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience and Truth
Normal Science and Pseudoscience Where Truth Is Unobservable
Systematicity and Facsimile Science
References
Chapter 11: Economics, Facsimile Science and Societal Harm
What Economists (Think They) Do
Dynamics of the Community
Scientific Progress in Economics
Incentives for Believers
References
Part IV: Variation Across Contexts
Chapter 12: Variation Across Disciplines, Societies, and Institutions
Variation Across Disciplines
Societies
Institutions
References
Chapter 13: Epistemic Hierarchies, Decolonisation and the Periphery
Decolonisation, Epistemic Injustice, and Scientific Progress
Manifestations of Inequities and Asymmetries in the Modern Academy
Incentives for Progress as a Dead-end for the Peripheral Academy
References
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 14: Scientific Revolutions Will Not Be Incentivised
Alternatives to Incentivising Progress
References
Index