Interdisciplinary research has been a popular idea with many people
in the last 20 years. Academic administrators have admonished their
faculty to become more interdisciplinary. Students often request
the chance to pursue an interdisciplinary degree. While the issue
of managing interdisciplinary projects has received a fair amount
of attention by those interested in science management,
interdisciplinary research has received little attention from
historians, philosophers or sociologists of science or from
scientists themselves. Yet, there l;lre a number of cases within
the life sciences where researchers have been actively engaged in
endeavors that take them across disciplinary boundaries. These are
ripe for investigation by those interested in the process of
science. To provide an in-depth study of some historical or
contemporary cases of cross disciplinary research activity in the
life sciences, a conference was held at Georgia State University in
May, 1984. This conference was supported by the National Endowment
for the Humanities (U. S. A. ) through their research conference
program. Over a three-day period historians, philosophers, and
researchers who were actively engaged in various of the life
sciences discussed specific examples of interdisciplinary research
and tried to analyze what was needed for successful crossing of
disciplinary boundaries. After the conference, each of the
participants revised their original presentations, partly in light
of the discussion at the conference. The papers in this volume are
the fruits of that endeavor."
General
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
Science and Philosophy, 2 |
| Release date: |
August 1986 |
| First published: |
1986 |
| Editors: |
William Bechtel
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
360 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-247-3342-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Philosophy of science
|
| LSN: |
90-247-3342-1 |
| Barcode: |
9789024733422 |
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