What is interdisciplinary communication? Reflections on the very idea of disciplinary integration

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On selected problems of interdisciplinary methodologies application in economic research

The main goal of the paper is the problem how to select and apply an appropriate (and most efficient) method of economic research tasks solution based on an interdisciplinary approach, and the possibility of applying this method by small research teams. In the Introduction selected aspects of an interdisciplinary approach on the field of economy and finance are explained. Advantages and disadvantages of interdisciplinary economic resзearch are highlighted (Part 2.). Practical problems of interdisciplinary research based on the experience of two small research teams at the Institute of Finance and Administration in Prague are discussed. (Part 3.

Specialisation, Interdisciplinarity, and Incommensurability

Incommensurability may be regarded as driving specialisation, on the one hand, and as posing some problems to interdisciplinarity, on the other hand. It may be argued, however, that incommensurability plays no role in either specialisation or interdisciplinarity. Scientific specialties could be defined as simply 'different' (that is, about different things), rather than 'incommensurable' (that is, competing for the explanation of the same phenomena). Interdisciplinarity could be viewed as the co- ordinated effort of scientists possessing complemetary and interlocking skills, and not as the overcoming of some sort of incommensurable divide. This article provides a comprehensive evaluative examination of the relations between specialisation, interdisciplinarity, and incommensurability. Its aim is to defend the relevance of incommensurability to both specialisation and interdisciplinarity. At the same time, it aims at correcting the tendency, common among many philosophers, to regard incommensurability in a restrictive manner - such as, for example, as an almost purely semantic issu

Explicating and Negotiating Bias in Interdisciplinary Argumentation Using Abductive Tools: PAPER

Interdisciplinary inquiry hinges upon abductive arguments that integrate various kinds of information to identify explanations worthy of future study or use. Integrative abduction poses unique challenges, including different kinds of data, too many patterns, too many explanations, mistaken meanings across disciplinary lines, and cognitive, pragmatic, and social biases. Argumentation tools can help explicate and negotiate bias as interdisciplinary investigators sift and winnow candidate patterns and processes in search of the best explanation

Экономическая наука и кризис капитализма

В докладе рассматриваются вопросы, касающиеся состояния современной экономической науки, её основных школ, причины, почему экономическая наука якобы не предвидела мировой кризис. Подчёркивается институциональная природа современных кризисов капитализма, при этом аргументируется отсутствие кризиса в экономической науке. Обозначаются задачи и направления развития экономического знания, которые обеспечат широкую перспективу для его совершенствования, с перенесением акцента на состояние российских экономических школ, обосновывается социальная функция экономической науки.The report addresses issues relating to the state of modern economics, its main schools, the reasons why economics is allegedly failed to foresee the global crisis. Emphasizes the institutional nature of the modern crises of capitalism, and the absence of crisis, argued in economics. Are designated tasks and directions of development of economic knowledge that will provide a broad perspective for its improvement, with the transfer of emphasis on the state of Russian economic schools, justified the social function of economics

Accounting historians engaging with scholars inside and outside accounting: issues, opportunities and obstacles

Originating in a panel presentation at the eighth Accounting History International Conference, this study offers a reflection on the issues, opportunities and obstacles which may arise when accounting historians engage with other accounting scholars and scholars outside of accounting. Supporting the view that accounting scholars need and should make an effort to engage with other scholars inside and outside accounting, various aspects are considered as enhancing the interdisciplinarity of accounting history research. Then, issues such as researchers and the community, research problems, theories, methods and data are addressed. The opportunities arising from interdisciplinary interactions with a wide range of scholars are then developed. Finally, the potential obstacles are addressed. These obstacles can be overcome by the development of robust communication and the invention of a new genre of discourse and research focus and by working with those outside our discipline and embracing the challenge of the new and the different

Not for profit, but for use: is philosophy good for practice?

In what contexts, and under what circumstances, applying philosophical insight is both useful and commendable? In this paper I will first identify a framework of practice where philosophical investigation can prove its worth. I will then analyse some of the epistemic conditions that allow philosophy to take up challenges originating from practice, and how philosophical inquiry is to respond to those challenges. I will make use of two illustrations from the specific field of the philosophy of science to demonstrate how philosophy and practice can interact, and with what consequences for both fields. In so doing a more general idea of applied philosophy will emerge, able not only to address but (in a sense that will be qualified) to ‘engage with’ practice

Tieteidenvälisyys tutkimuksen arvioinnissa

The evaluation of interdisciplinary research is complicated by ambiguity about what interdisciplinarity is and what it should be. The question is topical, as evaluation plays an important role in how science is being shaped and changed today. The chapter performs a meta-analysis of the concept of interdisciplinarity in research evaluation, and gives an epistemic account of what would be involved in such evaluations. First, it discusses the various ways interdisciplinarity can add value to the disciplinary organization of academia and their respective implications for research evaluation. Second, it provides tools for mapping and measuring these value-added properties and illustrates what kind of evidence they can convey to research evaluations. The combined examination of values and indicators enables a more differentiated understanding of what exactly to look at when evaluating interdisciplinary research—and more generally, how to design research evaluations from an interdisciplinary point of view.Peer reviewe

Combining different worlds : Interdisciplinarity in action research

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