ogburn-thomas

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Does Robert K. Merton's sociology-of-science work (or Ogburn & Thomas 1922) offer a mechanism for why rediscoverers fail to cite each other, beyond documenting that rediscovery happens?

capture seedling Tier 1 2026-11-01 · sociology-of-science, merton, ogburn-thomas, multiple-discovery, citation-history
Ogburn and Thomas's 1922 multiple-discovery compilation explicitly credits A.L. Kroeber's 1917 essay for the same point, rather than reaching it blind

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-17 · multiple-discovery, sociology-of-science, tertius-chandler, ogburn-thomas, kroeber
Does Tertius Chandler's own 'simultaneous discoveries are incremental repackagings' argument address — or quietly depend on — the self-referential finding that multiple discovery was itself multiply discovered, and does his skepticism survive being run through its own logic?

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-10-16 · multiple-discovery, sociology-of-science, tertius-chandler, merton, self-reference