The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science / by Rolf Hvidtfeldt.
Hvidtfeldt, Rolf.
2018
Q180.55.I48
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Title The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science / by Rolf Hvidtfeldt.
Author Hvidtfeldt, Rolf.
ISBN 9783319908724
3319908723
9783319908717 (print)
3319908715
9783319908731 (print)
3319908731
9783030081195 (print)
3030081192
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90872-4
Publication Details Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (XVII, 295 pages) : online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-90872-4 doi
Call Number Q180.55.I48
Dewey Decimal Classification 501
Summary This book presents a novel approach to the analysis of interdisciplinary science based on the contemporary philosophical literature on scientific representation. The basic motivation for developing this approach is that epistemic issues are insufficiently dealt with in the existing literature on interdisciplinarity. This means that when interdisciplinary science is praised (as it often is), it is far from clear to what extent this praise is merited - at least if one cares about various more or less standardised measures of scientific quality. To develop a more adequate way of capturing what is going on in interdisciplinary science, I draw inspiration from the rich philosophical literature on modelling, idealisation, perspectivism, and scientific pluralism. The discussion hereof reveals a number of critical pitfalls related to transferring mathematical and conceptual tools between scientific contexts, which should be relevant and interesting for anyone actively engaged in funding, evaluating, or carrying out interdisciplinary science.
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Series New directions in the philosophy of science.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319908717
Print version: 9783319908731
Print version: 9783030081195
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1. Introduction
2. Disciplines and Approaches
3. Interdisciplinarity studies
4. The Relevance of Philosophy
5. Representation- 6. Pluralisms, Perspectives, and Potential Problems
7. Representational Crossbreeding
8. Phenomenology Imported With Ease
9. Conclusion
Index.

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