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Structural problems require structural solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2023

Nina Strohminger Open the ORCID record for Nina Strohminger [Opens in a new window]  and
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Nina Strohminger
Affiliation:
Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA humean@wharton.upenn.edu; www.ninastrohminger.com
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA Olufemi.Taiwo@georgetown.edu; www.olufemiotaiwo.com
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Abstract

Chater & Loewenstein criticize behavioral scientists' reliance on individual-level (“i-frame”) analysis, observing that this impoverishes policy interventions and stymies scientific progress. We extend their analysis to argue that structural factors bias and perpetuate behavioral science toward the i-frame. Addressing this problem fully will require structural changes to the training, peer review, and granting structures that confront research scientists.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e175
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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