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FYI maybe: arguments for 1. systematic methods for reviews in philosophy and 2. for "traditional review methods"

  • 1.  FYI maybe: arguments for 1. systematic methods for reviews in philosophy and 2. for "traditional review methods"

    Posted Feb 08, 2022 01:36 PM

    Hi all.  I really enjoyed and benefitted from the Journal Club discussion today about scoping reviews.

    During the time today there was discussion of working with those pursuing such projects in disciplines such as psychology or sociology.  And I was reminded of the first paper below re: using systematic methods for work on philosophy topics.  The second paper has the author arguing for a place for what I have thought of as "traditional review" projects.  

    I thought I'd share info just in case of interest. 

    1. Polonioli, A. (2019). A plea for minimally biased naturalistic philosophy. Synthese, 196(9), 3841–3867. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1628-0

    2. Polonioli, A. (2020). In search of better science: On the epistemic costs of systematic reviews and the need for a pluralistic stance to literature search. Scientometrics, 122(2), 1267–1274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03333-3



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