When scientific, knowledge-creating labor is divided among the members of a research group, these members come to depend upon one another. Evidenceevidencehas to be gathered, arguments have to be formulated and collaborating scientists have to rely on one another for the bits and pieces of experimental evidence, interpretation and argument that are eventually to be integrated into a well-corroborated, publishable, scientific knowledge claim.
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Wagenknecht, S. (2016). Epistemic Dependence. In A Social Epistemology of Research Groups (pp. 109–130). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52410-2_7
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