Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century
Consilience (the term originating in inductive logic and “modernized” in the 1990s by E. O. Wilson, the creator of sociobiology) refers to the age-long dream of humanity that one day all branches of learning will see their unification – from the sciences, through social and economic studies, to h...
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2016-06-01
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| author | Elżbieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska |
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| description | Consilience (the term originating in inductive logic and “modernized” in the 1990s by E. O.
Wilson, the creator of sociobiology) refers to the age-long dream of humanity that one day all
branches of learning will see their unification – from the sciences, through social and
economic studies, to humanities and even visual arts. Thus, consilience is a search for a
common system that would underlie the totality of human knowledge, rooted in the belief in
the unity of nature and orderliness of our universe. It has found its reflection in the General
Systems Theory, hybrid disciplines and interdisciplinary studies. The author argues that the
methodological quests of modern linguistics, which occupies a central position in relation to
several disciplines, can direct us towards reaching consilience by focusing on categories and
concepts of great generality (necessity vs. contingency, mathematical vs. non-mathematical
modelling, the structure of game, etc.). Ultimately, consilience raises a question as to the
feasibility of working out a common language and a common set of problems for all scholars
and scientists despite the progressing narrowness of specialization and minuteness of
research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6aaa0edb13a49e0a68096d3d95d85262022-12-21T22:24:54ZengCracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language StudiesPółrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium2543-78442543-78442016-06-0111 & 2404910.7592/Tertium2016.1.2.Chrzanowska10Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st CenturyElżbieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0908-1711Uniwersytet Jagielloński w KrakowieConsilience (the term originating in inductive logic and “modernized” in the 1990s by E. O. Wilson, the creator of sociobiology) refers to the age-long dream of humanity that one day all branches of learning will see their unification – from the sciences, through social and economic studies, to humanities and even visual arts. Thus, consilience is a search for a common system that would underlie the totality of human knowledge, rooted in the belief in the unity of nature and orderliness of our universe. It has found its reflection in the General Systems Theory, hybrid disciplines and interdisciplinary studies. The author argues that the methodological quests of modern linguistics, which occupies a central position in relation to several disciplines, can direct us towards reaching consilience by focusing on categories and concepts of great generality (necessity vs. contingency, mathematical vs. non-mathematical modelling, the structure of game, etc.). Ultimately, consilience raises a question as to the feasibility of working out a common language and a common set of problems for all scholars and scientists despite the progressing narrowness of specialization and minuteness of research.https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/12consiliencestructuregame theorynecessity vs. contingencycombination of opposites |
| spellingShingle | Elżbieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium consilience structure game theory necessity vs. contingency combination of opposites |
| title | Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century |
| title_full | Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century |
| title_fullStr | Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century |
| title_short | Consillience – Consensus Between Sciences in the Third Millenium/21st Century |
| title_sort | consillience consensus between sciences in the third millenium 21st century |
| topic | consilience structure game theory necessity vs. contingency combination of opposites |
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