Tullock on the organization of scientific inquiry

Jac Heckelman

Constitutional Political Economy, 2017, vol. 28, issue 1, No 1, 17 pages

Abstract: Abstract In (Tullock, The organization of inquiry, Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 1966), Gordon Tullock sets out to establish how knowledge is developed and dispersed in science, to such a high degree of reliability, despite the lack of formal organizational structure. He contrasts this against the unreliability of the “non-sciences”. In this essay, I review his perspective and consider the validity of his proposed reforms.

Keywords: Methodology; Economics; Science; Knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 B2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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