Theory and Practice in the Interdisciplinary Production and Reproduction of Scientific Knowledge: ID in the XXI Century

Acknowledgments
About This Book
Introduction
	Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Interdisciplinarity
	Part II: Practices of Interdisciplinarity
	References
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Interdisciplinarity
	Chapter 1: The Fundamental Cognitive Destiny of Interdisciplinarity
		1.1 I. The Word
			1.1.1 The Birth of the Word
			1.1.2 Contexts of Use
			1.1.3 Defining Requirements
			1.1.4 The Central Role of the Concept of Discipline
			1.1.5 Definition Proposal
		1.2 II. From the Word to What It Trys to Name
			1.2.1 First Determination: Specialization and Its Costs
				1.2.1.1 Cultural and Heuristic Costs
				1.2.1.2 Institutional Costs
			1.2.2 Second Determination: The Appeal of Complexity
			1.2.3 Third Determination: Quest for Unity
				1.2.3.1 Unity of Science Programs
		References
	Chapter 2: Disentangling Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity: The Beauty of Differing Definitions
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Methodology
		2.3 Findings
		2.4 Definitions Most Used in the Literature
		2.5 Problematization of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity
		2.6 Modes and Logics of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity
		2.7 Discussion
		2.8 Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 3: Back to the Discipline: For a Future Interdisciplinarity
		3.1 Introduction
		3.2 Criticisms of the Naïve Conception of ID
			3.2.1 The Fallacy of Recomposition
			3.2.2 Normative and Hierarchical Enthusiasm
			3.2.3 Epistemological Dead End
			3.2.4 Interdisciplinary Rhetoric Is Counterproductive
		3.3 A Reliable Conception of Disciplines
			3.3.1 Disciplines Are Epistemic Actors
			3.3.2 Disciplines Are Not Silos46
			3.3.3 Recognizing and Allowing for the Heterogeneity of Interactions
		3.4 The Revaluation of Disciplines Is Useful for Policy-Making
		3.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 4: Super-Contemporaneity (The Regime of Creation Beyond Transdisciplinary Innovation)
		4.1 The Transdisciplinary Innovation Paradox
		4.2 Fractal Borders of Creation
		4.3 Thinking Generic Diversality
		4.4 Undecidability and the Meaning of Optative
Part II: Practices of Interdisciplinarity
	Chapter 5: Interactions Towards Interdisciplinarity at School: The Case of a Physics Teacher at a Public Teacher Education High School
		5.1 Theoretical Introduction
		5.2 Methodology
			5.2.1 From the Interview to the Episodes
		5.3 The Episodes
		5.4 Final Considerations
		References
	Chapter 6: Interdisciplinarity in the View of Researchers in the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Programme in Human Rights at the Federal Universitiy of Goiás (PPGIDH-UFG): A Case Study
		6.1 The Text and Self-Investigation
		6.2 The Initiatives and the Graduate Program
		6.3 Teaching Planning and Practices
		6.4 Testimonials and Teaching Impressions
		6.5 One Subject, Three Professors, Several Students and the Other
		6.6 Intersections and Reflections
		6.7 Final Considerations
		References
	Chapter 7: Interdisciplinary Practice in Education
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 Inter and Multidisciplinarity
		7.3 Critical Assessment
		7.4 Desires and Needs
		7.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 8: How MSH Design Interdisciplinarity. Testimony of an Active Director
		8.1 A Labelling Committee
		8.2 A Structure Depositary of the Principle of Interdisciplinarity
		8.3 The MSH: A Singular Structure
		8.4 The Invention of MSH
		8.5 Opinions and Feelings
		8.6 Disciplines and SHS
		8.7 MSH as μηχανή
		8.8 Transmission and Random Access Memories
		8.9 The “Marginal Sequent”
		References
	Chapter 9: Interdisciplinarity in Cognitive Science and the Nature of Cognition
		9.1 Introduction
		9.2 ID and Cognition
			9.2.1 An ID Perspective
			9.2.2 Cognition and ID
		9.3 The Nature of Cognition
			9.3.1 Computational Neuroscience
			9.3.2 4E Cognition
			9.3.3 Predictive Processing (PP)
		9.4 Changes in Metaphysics, Changes in ID?
			9.4.1 ID and Cognitive Neuroscience
			9.4.2 Remodeling ID in 4E Cognitive Science
			9.4.3 What May ID Look Like in Predictive Processing?
		9.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 10: The Utopia of Interdisciplinarity: A View from Economics
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 The Demand for More Interdisciplinarity in the Study of the Economy
		10.3 What Kind of Interdisciplinarity?
		10.4 Economics: A Multiparadigm Discipline
		10.5 The Significance of Integrating Concepts and Common Interpretative Frameworks: The Case of Uncertainty
		10.6 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: The Crowd – A Boundary Object in Social Sciences
		11.1 Introduction
		11.2 Serge Moscovici
		11.3 Pierre Bourdieu
		11.4 Overview
		11.5 The Debate
		11.6 Final Remarks
		References
	Chapter 12: Role of IT Solution Design in Food Labelling. Ethics, Communication and Interdisciplinarity on the Test Bench
		12.1 On Communication
		12.2 Communication, Ethics of Relationships in the Food Sector
		12.3 A Synoptic Look at the Factors of the Ethics and Food Connection
		12.4 User-Consumer Behaviour
		12.5 Definitions and Functions of Food Labelling
		12.6 Traceability
		12.7 The Food Label – Consumer Interaction
		12.8 Food Label as a Relational Hinge
		12.9 Food Label Communication
		12.10 IT Solution Design: An Experiential Approach
		12.11 Inclusive Design
		12.12 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 13: Signs of Interdisciplinarity in the Second Half of the XX Century and Prospects for the XXI Century
		13.1 New Kinds of Disciplines and Disciplinary Arrangements
		13.2 New Problems
		13.3 New Practices
		13.4 Heuristic Procedures
		13.5 New Research Structures
		13.6 University and Secondary School
		13.7 Three Final Notes on the Idea of Interdisciplinarity
		References
Author Index
Subject Index