https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Non-replicable https://booksandideas.net/Non-replicable 2018-05-28T07:00:00Z text/html en Aurélien Allard Philosophy psychology science method experimentation <p>Over the last twenty years, some of the social and bio-medical sciences have had to face the impossibility of replicating some of their most famous experiments. Although this situation raises serious concerns, it is an opportunity to fundamentally renew the scientific methodology in these disciplines.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Economizing-on-Scientific-Debate https://booksandideas.net/Economizing-on-Scientific-Debate 2018-01-15T08:00:00Z text/html en Olivier Godechot Economy science method experimentation experimental economics Institut français <p><i>Le négationnisme économique. Et comment s'en débarrasser</i> (Economic Denialism, and How to Get Rid of It) has sparked lively discussion in France. What can we draw from this book for a reflection on social science methods and the terms of scientific debate?</p> https://booksandideas.net/Learning-from-Randomized-Controlled-Experiments https://booksandideas.net/Learning-from-Randomized-Controlled-Experiments 2017-01-23T08:00:00Z text/html en Agnès Labrousse Economy evaluation experimentation experimental economics Institut français <p>Randomized controlled experiments hold out the promise of heightened scientificity and new forms of social action. In this essay, Agnès Labrousse points out some of the practical limits of these experiments and situates them within a longer history of social experimentation and governing by evidence.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Serendipity-Expect-The-Unexpected https://booksandideas.net/Serendipity-Expect-The-Unexpected 2014-07-03T08:00:00Z text/html en Mathilde Poizat-Amar & Nina Rolland Arts Philosophy science research chance experimentation <p>Horace Walpole's “Serendipity” has become a word commonly used in a wide range of disciplinary fields. Two recent books explore contemporary uses of the concept, in relation both to professional research and to creative processes more generally.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Field-Testing-in-Development https://booksandideas.net/Field-Testing-in-Development 2013-06-10T14:05:41Z text/html en Florian Mayneris Economy development poverty experimentation experimental economics Institut français <p>Education, microcredit, health policy…. How can we really measure the effectiveness of a public policy? Esther Duflo talks about the principles of the experimental method she has developed and perfected in several situations around the world.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Moral-History-of-Human-Guinea https://booksandideas.net/A-Moral-History-of-Human-Guinea 2011-04-06T07:00:00Z text/html en Ariel Suhamy organized crime Philosophy science Marxism ethics experimentation history of sciences <p>Is scientific progress necessarily moral? In his history of experiments on human guinea pigs, Grégoire Chamayou attempts to show that modern science, although apparently neutral, has a share in the domination and exploitation of individuals whose existence is deemed insignificant.</p>