The Commodification of Academic Research
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Since the 1980s, most universities in the Western world have experienced substantial changes as a consequence of an ongoing process of commodification. Commodification affects a variety of aspects of higher education, such as research, teaching, administration, and even such nonacademic activities as the intercollegiate sports programs of U.S. universities. This book focuses on one of these aspects, namely the commodification of academic research. The aim of the book is to describe, analyze, and evaluate the various facets of commodified academic research from a philosophical perspective; in addition, where appropriate, alternatives to commodified research will be proposed and discussed. More specifically, we will approach the subject from the perspective of philosophy of science, social and political philosophy, and research ethics. A comprehensive discussion of the phenomenon of commodified science requires a view of the nature and justification of science as a whole, as well as an account of the nature and justification of specific research methods within particular sciences. Hence there is a central role for the philosophy of science. Simultaneously at issue is the question of the actual and desirable sociopolitical institutionalization and organization of science in modern societies. For this reason, the perspective of
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تاریخ انتشار 2010