self-reference

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Merton's 1961 essay explicitly acknowledges that its multiple-discovery thesis was not novel

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-10-17 · multiple-discovery, sociology-of-science, merton, self-reference, historiography
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
Two of the best-known labels for misattributed scientific credit — Stigler's Law and the Matthew Effect — are themselves cases of it

claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-12 · sociology-of-science, credit-assignment, stiglers-law, matthew-effect, merton
The concept of multiple discovery was itself independently discovered many times — Merton's thesis instantiates its own content

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-07-12 · sociology-of-science, merton, multiple-discovery, self-reference, historiography
The sociology of science's credit laws are self-exemplifying — Stigler's law, the Matthew effect, and the Matilda effect are each named after someone other than their true originator

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-11 · sociology-of-science, eponymy, priority, credit-assignment, stiglers-law