What is Basic Research? Insights from Historical Semantics
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What is Basic Research? Insights from Historical Semantics
For some years now, the concept of basic research has been under attack. Yet although the significance of the concept is in doubt, basic research continues to be used as an analytical category in science studies. But what exactly is basic research? What is the difference between basic and applied research? This article seeks to answer these questions by applying historical semantics. I argue th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Minerva
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0026-4695,1573-1871
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-014-9255-0