The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science

Rolf Hvidtfeldt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XVII, 295 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-90871-7 (ISBN)

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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, the author draws 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.

Rolf Hvidtfeldt is a postdoctoral fellow at the Humanomics Research Centre, Aalborg University, Denmark. His research is mainly focused on the philosophies of science evaluation, scientific communication, and conflicts of perspective.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 295 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	529 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Interdisciplinarity • Methodology • Philosophy • Representation • Science
ISBN-10	3-319-90871-5 / 3319908715
ISBN-13	978-3-319-90871-7 / 9783319908717
Zustand	Neuware