The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts

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Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos; Cosmelli, Diego; Claro, Francisco; Fuentes, Miguel Angel
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2015
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We develop here a multi-agent model of the creation of knowledge (scientific progress or technological evolution) within a community of researchers devoted to such endeavors. In the proposed model, agents learn in a physical-technological landscape, and weight is attached to both individual search and social influence. We find that the combination of these two forces together with random experimentation can account for both i) marginal change, that is, periods of normal science or refinements on the performance of a given technology (and in which the community stays in the neighborhood of the current paradigm); and ii) radical change, which takes the form of scientific paradigm shifts (or discontinuities in the structure of performance of a technology) that is observed as a swift migration of the knowledge community towards the new and superior paradigm. The efficiency of the search process is heavily dependent on the weight that agents posit on social influence. The occurrence of a paradigm shift becomes more likely when each member of the community attaches a small but positive weight to the experience of his/her peers. For this parameter region, nevertheless, a conservative force is exerted by the representatives of the current paradigm. However, social influence is not strong enough to seriously hamper individual discovery, and can act so as to empower successful individual pioneers who have conquered the new and superior paradigm.
Fil: Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos. Universidad del Desarrollo; Chile
Fil: Cosmelli, Diego. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile
Fil: Claro, Francisco. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile
Fil: Fuentes, Miguel Angel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad San Sebastián; Chile
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Paradigm shift
Stochastic
Non linear
Modelling
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
title The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
spellingShingle The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos
Paradigm shift
Stochastic
Non linear
Modelling
title_short The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
title_full The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
title_fullStr The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
title_full_unstemmed The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
title_sort The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos
Cosmelli, Diego
Claro, Francisco
Fuentes, Miguel Angel
author Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos
author_facet Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos
Cosmelli, Diego
Claro, Francisco
Fuentes, Miguel Angel
author_role author
author2 Cosmelli, Diego
Claro, Francisco
Fuentes, Miguel Angel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paradigm shift
Stochastic
Non linear
Modelling
topic Paradigm shift
Stochastic
Non linear
Modelling
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We develop here a multi-agent model of the creation of knowledge (scientific progress or technological evolution) within a community of researchers devoted to such endeavors. In the proposed model, agents learn in a physical-technological landscape, and weight is attached to both individual search and social influence. We find that the combination of these two forces together with random experimentation can account for both i) marginal change, that is, periods of normal science or refinements on the performance of a given technology (and in which the community stays in the neighborhood of the current paradigm); and ii) radical change, which takes the form of scientific paradigm shifts (or discontinuities in the structure of performance of a technology) that is observed as a swift migration of the knowledge community towards the new and superior paradigm. The efficiency of the search process is heavily dependent on the weight that agents posit on social influence. The occurrence of a paradigm shift becomes more likely when each member of the community attaches a small but positive weight to the experience of his/her peers. For this parameter region, nevertheless, a conservative force is exerted by the representatives of the current paradigm. However, social influence is not strong enough to seriously hamper individual discovery, and can act so as to empower successful individual pioneers who have conquered the new and superior paradigm.
Fil: Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos. Universidad del Desarrollo; Chile
Fil: Cosmelli, Diego. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile
Fil: Claro, Francisco. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Chile
Fil: Fuentes, Miguel Angel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad San Sebastián; Chile
description We develop here a multi-agent model of the creation of knowledge (scientific progress or technological evolution) within a community of researchers devoted to such endeavors. In the proposed model, agents learn in a physical-technological landscape, and weight is attached to both individual search and social influence. We find that the combination of these two forces together with random experimentation can account for both i) marginal change, that is, periods of normal science or refinements on the performance of a given technology (and in which the community stays in the neighborhood of the current paradigm); and ii) radical change, which takes the form of scientific paradigm shifts (or discontinuities in the structure of performance of a technology) that is observed as a swift migration of the knowledge community towards the new and superior paradigm. The efficiency of the search process is heavily dependent on the weight that agents posit on social influence. The occurrence of a paradigm shift becomes more likely when each member of the community attaches a small but positive weight to the experience of his/her peers. For this parameter region, nevertheless, a conservative force is exerted by the representatives of the current paradigm. However, social influence is not strong enough to seriously hamper individual discovery, and can act so as to empower successful individual pioneers who have conquered the new and superior paradigm.
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Rodriguez Sickert, Carlos; Cosmelli, Diego; Claro, Francisco; Fuentes, Miguel Angel; The underlying social dynamics of paradigm shifts; Public Library of Science; Plos One; 10; 9; 9-2015; 1-12; e0138172
1932-6203
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