tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post3369972706724311630..comments2024-03-22T22:09:09.407+00:00Comments on Imperfect Cognitions: Motivated Reasoning in ScienceKengo Miyazonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643685718519136099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-73962575626023353102021-02-13T00:25:59.446+00:002021-02-13T00:25:59.446+00:00Ah, I see what you are getting at. You can definit...Ah, I see what you are getting at. You can definitely look at one's group standing in both ways, as dichotomously in or out, and also in terms of one's standing within the group. A person with low credit will naturally be more prone to anxiety about their dichotomous status as in or out, while a mid-pack or high-pack member will be more and more concerned with their relative amount of credit. (I think of football and the desire of the very top players to be paid the most - despite the fact they will be paid enormous sums compared to most people in the league and in the world in any case.) <br /><br />Perhaps because I'm a person not deeply enmeshed in any one community I tend to imagine others in the dichotomous fashion rather than the ascending credit one. lasym21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01389974469121132357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-1121232822077170212021-02-12T14:42:51.209+00:002021-02-12T14:42:51.209+00:00I opt for "credit" as the label only bec...I opt for "credit" as the label only because it's already used in a growing literature on the topic in philosophy of science. But I think it's right that a desire to belong does better capture the more prominent form of motivation in this category. Still, belonging doesn't quite highlight how hierarchical---indeed, competitive---the social aspects of science are (discussed a bit in Section 4.2 of the paper). That is, many scientists don't just want to belong in the scientific community but to have a high (or higher) status in it, or to maintain that status. That's not necessarily to disparage that sort of motivation. It's natural! Josh Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511130370992616940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-65860980481780520382021-02-09T18:25:59.854+00:002021-02-09T18:25:59.854+00:00Instead of 'credit' I think in terms of &#...Instead of 'credit' I think in terms of 'belonging.' Perhaps the deepest human instinct is to belong to a community, so any action that would threaten one's status as belonging will surely be immediately sensed and perhaps just as immediately discounted. lasym21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01389974469121132357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430111450575356526.post-38280227266923733402021-02-09T14:19:25.328+00:002021-02-09T14:19:25.328+00:00A very commendable step; criticizing scientists an...A very commendable step; criticizing scientists and their motivations is not a simple act.<br />It seems, besides the motivational factors you listed, scientists are also motivated by being part of or IDENTITY holders of the prestige that science enjoys today.<br /><br />Love to share a more elaborate study/ critical view on the scientific method: http://argumentsagainstscientificpositivism.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-rational-sensible-review-of.html?m=1https://www.blogger.com/profile/14249415589712707293https://www.blogger.com/profile/14581417411682602957noreply@blogger.com