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  1. Borrowed knowledge
    chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0226429784; 0226429806; 1282070363; 9780226429786; 9780226429809; 9781282070363
    Subjects: Science; SCIENCE / Chaotic Behavior in Systems; Chaotic behavior in systems; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge; Science / Philosophy; Naturwissenschaft; Philosophie; Chaotic behavior in systems; Science; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge; Wissenschaftsentwicklung; Chaostheorie; Interdisziplinarität
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 292 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    What was chaos theory, and why would people want to borrow it? -- Disciplinary pluralism -- The rhetorical functions of borrowing and the uses of disciplinary prestige -- Motivating methodological change -- Metaphorical chaos -- How to criticize a metaphor -- Facts, values, and intervention -- Beautiful chaos? -- Postmodern chaos and the challenge of pluralism

    What happens to scientific knowledge when researchers outside the natural sciences bring elements of the latest trend across disciplinary boundaries for their own purposes? Researchers in fields from anthropology to family therapy and traffic planning employ the concepts, methods, and results of chaos theory to harness the disciplinary prestige of the natural sciences, to motivate methodological change or conceptual reorganization within their home discipline, and to justify public policies and aesthetic judgments. Using the recent explosion in the use (and abuse) of chaos theory, Borrowed Know

  2. Borrowed Knowledge
    Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines
    Published: 2009; ©2008.
    Publisher:  University of Chicago Press, Chicago

    What happens to scientific knowledge when researchers outside the natural sciences bring elements of the latest trend across disciplinary boundaries for their own purposes? Researchers in fields from anthropology to family therapy and traffic... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
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    Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
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    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Villingen-Schwenningen, Bibliothek
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    What happens to scientific knowledge when researchers outside the natural sciences bring elements of the latest trend across disciplinary boundaries for their own purposes? Researchers in fields from anthropology to family therapy and traffic planning employ the concepts, methods, and results of chaos theory to harness the disciplinary prestige of the natural sciences, to motivate methodological change or conceptual reorganization within their home discipline, and to justify public policies and aesthetic judgments. Using the recent explosion in the use (and abuse) of chaos theory, Borrowed Knowledge and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines examines the relationship between science and other disciplines as well as the place of scientific knowledge within our broader culture. Stephen H. Kellert's detailed investigation of the myriad uses of chaos theory reveals serious problems that can arise in the interchange between science and other knowledge-making pursuits, as well as opportunities for constructive interchange. By engaging with recent debates about interdisciplinary research, Kellert contributes a theoretical vocabulary and a set of critical frameworks for the rigorous examination of borrowing. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What Was Chaos Theory, and Why Would People Want to Borrow It? -- 2 Disciplinary Pluralism -- 3 The Rhetorical Functions of Borrowing and the Uses of Disciplinary Prestige -- 4 Motivating Methodological Change -- 5 Metaphorical Chaos -- 6 How to Criticize a Metaphor -- 7 Facts, Values, and Intervention -- 8 Beautiful Chaos? -- 9 Postmodern Chaos and the Challengeof Pluralism -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780226429809
    RVK Categories: SK 890
    Subjects: Science -- Philosophy; Electronic books ; local; Chaotic behavior in systems; Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge; Science ; Philosophy; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 online resource (303 pages)
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