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Transdisciplinarity: A Scientific Essential
Author(s) -
HAMBERGER ERICH
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1322.039
Subject(s) - transdisciplinarity , isolation (microbiology) , promotion (chess) , epistemology , engineering ethics , management science , sociology , biology , political science , philosophy , engineering , bioinformatics , politics , law
A bstract : Transdisciplinarity in science is necessary to counteract the rapid growth of scientific results and information, the elimination of logical inconsistencies, and the effect of specialization whereby uncomparable disciplines develop. A correspondence is drawn between the uncontrolled growth, immune system malfunction, repression/expansion, and isolation that are characteristic of cancer and of the scientific concept of modernity. Suggestions are presented regarding the promotion of healing in both of these realms.