Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies Volume 19 (2001)
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Reply to the Respondents to "A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies"
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The Practice of Interdisciplinarity: Complex Conditions and the Potential of Interdisciplinary Theory
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)This article illustrates the formulation of interdisciplinary process presented in Bill Newell’s article, “A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies,” by examining a “self-organized” community effort. This effort shows the ... -
The Columbia Basin as a Metaphor for an Interdisciplinary Approach
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Integrative Praxes: Learning from Mulitple Knowledge Formations
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)After adopting and extending the “test of truth as effective action” that Newell proposes in “A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies,” this article proposes “living well” as the goal of knowledge processes. With this in ... -
Applying More Integrative Potentials for IDS Program Planning and Development
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"The continuing development and success of IDS (Interdisciplinary Studies) programs in higher education depend on the quality of processes associated with their planning, implementation, and review. Underlying and often ... -
Putting Social Structure in Its Place Schematically
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)I apply the schema I developed in a recent Issues in Integrative Studies (IIS) paper (consisting of a hierarchically organized list of the phenomena of interest to human scientists, and the causal links or influences among ... -
Interdisciplinarity and the Prospect of Complexity: The Tests of Theory
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"William Newell’s theory of interdisciplinary studies is a timely proposal since complexity is a keyword in contemporary descriptions of interdisciplinarity. Like any other theory, it is subject to a series of questions: ... -
Contending with Complexity: A Response to William H. Newell's "A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies"
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"Newell has mounted a large, interesting, and deeply insistent argument to the effect that complexity theory should be adopted as both a rationale for interdisciplinary studies and a guide for its instructional, investigative, ... -
Another Approach to Interdisciplinary Studies
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"Newell’s “A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies” is criticized for its undefined and inadequate borrowing of the term nonlinear from chaos theory and the repeated use of this term as a deus ex machina to explain emergent ... -
A Theory of Interdisciplinary Studies
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2001)"Interdisciplinarity is necessitated by complexity, specifically by the structure and behavior of complex systems. The nature of complex systems provides a rationale for interdisciplinary study. An examination of complex ...