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The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science

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Authors:
  1. Rolf Hvidtfeldt

    1. Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • Presents an alternative approach to the analysis of interdisciplinarity
  • Shows how and why philosophy is relevant to these issues
  • Develops a representation based approach
  • Considers the consequences of a representation-based approach

Part of the book series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science (NDPS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 1-30

  3. Disciplines and Approaches

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 31-57

  4. Interdisciplinarity Studies

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 59-95

  5. The Relevance of Philosophy

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 97-110

  6. Representation

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 111-142

  7. Pluralisms, Perspectives, and Potential Problems

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 143-196

  8. Representational Crossbreeding

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 197-227

  9. Phenomenology Imported with EASE

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 229-282

  10. Conclusion

    • Rolf Hvidtfeldt
    Pages 283-288

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 289-295
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Rolf Hvidtfeldt

About the author

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.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science

  • Authors: Rolf Hvidtfeldt

  • Series Title: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90872-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90871-7Published: 11 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08119-5Published: 19 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90872-4Published: 25 June 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6828

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6836

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 295

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology

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