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The Value of Life - The Rise and Fall of a Scientific Research Programme (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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The Value of Life - The Rise and Fall of a Scientific Research Programme (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Research on the monetary value of saving life and limb has produced
results most laypeople would regard as nonsensical; however,
researchers continue to try to make sense of these bewildering
results and produce new studies. An almost forgotten theory of
science can explain why this is so.Studies designed to obtain
monetary valuations of life and limb have produced extremely
diverse results. There is no consensus among researchers working in
the field about the best research methods or the most credible
results of research. However, this field of study continues to
thrive. The methodology of scientific research programmes, a theory
of science developed by the late philosopher Imre Lakatos, can help
explain why a particular field of study continues to exist, despite
not producing meaningful or easily interpreted results. Readers of
the book will gain insight into internal norms of science that
guide researchers to continue to pursue studies even if the
findings, taken at face value, contradict the theoretical
foundations of the research. Scientific theories can be upheld even
when the evidence against them seems to be massive.
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