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Replicability and replication in the humanities
A large number of scientists and several news platforms have, over the last few years, been speaking of a replication crisis in various academic disciplines, especially the biomedical and social sciences. This paper answers the novel question of whether we should also pursue replication in the human...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6348612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705761 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-018-0060-4 |
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description | A large number of scientists and several news platforms have, over the last few years, been speaking of a replication crisis in various academic disciplines, especially the biomedical and social sciences. This paper answers the novel question of whether we should also pursue replication in the humanities. First, I create more conceptual clarity by defining, in addition to the term “humanities,” various key terms in the debate on replication, such as “reproduction” and “replicability.” In doing so, I pay attention to what is supposed to be the object of replication: certain studies, particular inferences, of specific results. After that, I spell out three reasons for thinking that replication in the humanities is not possible and argue that they are unconvincing. Subsequently, I give a more detailed case for thinking that replication in the humanities is possible. Finally, I explain why such replication in the humanities is not only possible, but also desirable. |
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spelling | pubmed-63486122019-01-31 Replicability and replication in the humanities Peels, Rik Res Integr Peer Rev Commentary A large number of scientists and several news platforms have, over the last few years, been speaking of a replication crisis in various academic disciplines, especially the biomedical and social sciences. This paper answers the novel question of whether we should also pursue replication in the humanities. First, I create more conceptual clarity by defining, in addition to the term “humanities,” various key terms in the debate on replication, such as “reproduction” and “replicability.” In doing so, I pay attention to what is supposed to be the object of replication: certain studies, particular inferences, of specific results. After that, I spell out three reasons for thinking that replication in the humanities is not possible and argue that they are unconvincing. Subsequently, I give a more detailed case for thinking that replication in the humanities is possible. Finally, I explain why such replication in the humanities is not only possible, but also desirable. BioMed Central 2019-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6348612/ /pubmed/30705761 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-018-0060-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Peels, Rik Replicability and replication in the humanities |
title | Replicability and replication in the humanities |
title_full | Replicability and replication in the humanities |
title_fullStr | Replicability and replication in the humanities |
title_full_unstemmed | Replicability and replication in the humanities |
title_short | Replicability and replication in the humanities |
title_sort | replicability and replication in the humanities |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6348612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30705761 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-018-0060-4 |
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