Crime and punishment in scientific research
| dc.creator | Bouville, Mathieu | |
| dc.date | 2008-03-28 | |
| dc.date | 2008-09-17 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:03:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:03:07Z | |
| dc.description | Typical arguments against scientific misconduct generally fail to support current policies on research fraud: they may not prove wrong what is usually considered research misconduct and they tend to make wrong things that are not normally seen as scientific fraud, in particular honest errors. I also point out that sanctions are not consistent with the reasons why scientific fraud is supposed to be wrong either. Moreover honestly seeking truth should not be contrived as a moral rule -- it is instead a necessary condition for work to qualify as scientific. Keywords: cheating; ethics; fabrication; falsification; integrity; plagiarism; research fraud; scientific misconduct. | |
| dc.description | 13 pages, 2 tables, new version of the last section | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.4058 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.4058 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/169172 | |
| dc.subject | Physics and Society | |
| dc.subject | History and Philosophy of Physics | |
| dc.title | Crime and punishment in scientific research | |
| dc.type | text |