Abstract
Abstract: Various forms of "severe" scientific fraud and "softer" forms of
scientific misconduct were uncovered in scientific practice: theft of data,
ideas, research materials; non-intentional ("kryptamnesia") and intentional
forms of plagiarism; unethical authorship (ghost authorship, honorary
authorship); manipulation of samples, data, pictures; information hiding.
Three case studies (medicine: herrmann/brach, psychology: sir cyril burt,
anthropology: carlos castaneda) as examples of severe fraud in humanities,
social and cultural sciences are presented.
Among further issues discussed are the increasing distrust in peer-
review-systems, the importance of mass media and politics in uncovering
scientific fraud, digital fraud and plagiarism, reasons for the
under-representation of severe fraud affairs in social and cultural
sciences.
| Original language | German (Austria) |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2001 |
Fields of science
- 502027 Political economy
- 509017 Social studies of science
- 603 Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
- 603102 Epistemology
- 603103 Ethics
- 603109 Logic
- 603113 Philosophy
- 603114 Philosophy of mind
- 603119 Social philosophy
- 603120 Philosophy of language
- 603122 Philosophy of technology
- 603124 Theory of science