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According to Popper’s philosophy the perfect division of labor in research would soon stop scientific progress. His view explains why in the history of science many investigators have concentrated on a handful of problems. The problem arises: How did investigators coordinate their choice of scientific problems? By what criteria did the bulk of investigators of a given period decide which problem was fundamental or important?
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Agassi, J. (1975). The Nature of Scientific Problems and their Roots in Metaphysics. In: Science in Flux. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1810-4_9
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