The Structure of Interdisciplinary Science

• Main Author: Hvidtfeldt, Rolf (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
• Subjects: Philosophy and science.; Epistemology.; Philosophy of Science.

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 int...

Table of Contents:

• 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.