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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Steinle, Friedrich
• Atmanspacher, Harald
• Maasen, Sabine

Titel

Stability and Replication of Experimental Results: A Historical Perspective

Ist Teil von

• Reproducibility, 2016, p.39-63

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Obooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The debate about the replication and replicability of experimental results has a long and diverse history since the Early Modern period. This chapter presents an historical analysis which shows important aspects and differentiations of the debate that might enrich contemporary discussion. Before dealing with historical material, it is necessary to address some fundamental distinctions that are instrumental in selecting, organizing, and analyzing the material and have been proposed in the philosophy of science. A different type of variation in repetition or replication is the deliberate variation of apparatus, of materials, or of procedures. Experimenters of all times and branches have been aware of this point, and the historical development of the sciences shows a plethora of strategies to achieve credibility. Questions of replication and its use, necessity, possibility, and reliability in experimental science came into the focus of history and sociology of science in the 1980s.