Progress in Science and Science at the Non-Western Peripheries

Spontaneous Generations 3 (1):142-157 (2009)
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Abstract

Assuming that progress in science means effectiveness at problem-solving, this paper discusses how a progressive scienti?c tradition can be created by a peripheral scienti?c community. A mechanism of peripheral scienti?c growth is proposed, and it is illustrated with an Indian case study. The conclusion of the paper is that scienti?c collaboration between metropolitan and peripheral research communities is frequently characterized by a persistent inequality of intellectual authority due to inequalityin their epistemic transactions

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Deepanwita Dasgupta
University of Texas at El Paso