The Scientific Community Metaphor

dc.creator	Kornfeld, William A.
dc.creator	Hewitt, Carl
dc.date	2004-10-01T20:31:20Z
dc.date	2004-10-01T20:31:20Z
dc.date	1981-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-09T02:40:53Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-09T02:40:53Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10-09
dc.identifier	AIM-641
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5693
dc.identifier.uri	http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description	Scientific communnities have proven to be extremely successful at solving problems. They are inherently parallel systems and their macroscopic nature makes them amenable to careful study. In this paper the character of scientific research is examined drawing on sources in the philosophy and history of science. We maintain that the success of scientific research depends critically on its concurrency and pluralism. A variant of the language Ether is developed that embodies notions of concurrency necessary to emulate some of the problem solving behavior of scientific communities. Capabilities of scientific communities are discussed in parallel with simplified models of these capabilities in this language.
dc.format	11 p.
dc.format	1827592 bytes
dc.format	1430980 bytes
dc.format	application/postscript
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en_US
dc.relation	AIM-641
dc.subject	parallelism
dc.subject	problem solving
dc.subject	philosophy of science
dc.title	The Scientific Community Metaphor

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