?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Internet+Epistemology%3A+Contributions+of+New+Information+Technologies+to+Scientific+Research&rft.creator=Thagard%2C+P.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Internet+technologies%2C+including+electronic+mail%2C+preprint+archives%2C+and+the+World+Wide+Web%2C+are+now+ubiquitous+parts+of+scientific+practice.+After+reviewing+the+full+range+of+these+technologies+and+sketching+the+history+of+their+development%2C+this+paper+provides+an+epistemological+appraisal+of+their+contributions+to+scientific+research.+It+uses+Alvin+Goldman's+epistemic+criteria+of+reliability%2C+power%2C+fecundity%2C+speed+and+efficiency+to+evaluate+the+largely+positive+impact+of+Internet+technologies+on+the+development+of+scientific+knowledge.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F674%2F1%2FEpistemology.html&rft.identifier=++Thagard%2C+P.++(1997)+Internet+Epistemology%3A+Contributions+of+New+Information+Technologies+to+Scientific+Research.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F674%2F