Borrowed knowledge : chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines /
Kellert, Stephen H.
Borrowed knowledge : chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines / Stephen H. Kellert. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-281) and index.
What was chaos theory, and why would people want to borrow it? -- Disciplinary pluralism -- The rhetorical functions of borrowing and the uses of disciplinary prestige -- Motivating methodological change -- Metaphorical chaos -- How to criticize a metaphor -- Facts, values, and intervention -- Beautiful chaos? -- Postmodern chaos and the challenge of pluralism.
0226429784 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226429786 (cloth : alk. paper)
2008011080
GBA890560 bnb
014673847 Uk
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Science--Philosophy.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Q172.5.C45 / K449 2008
003/.857
Borrowed knowledge : chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines / Stephen H. Kellert. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-281) and index.
What was chaos theory, and why would people want to borrow it? -- Disciplinary pluralism -- The rhetorical functions of borrowing and the uses of disciplinary prestige -- Motivating methodological change -- Metaphorical chaos -- How to criticize a metaphor -- Facts, values, and intervention -- Beautiful chaos? -- Postmodern chaos and the challenge of pluralism.
0226429784 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226429786 (cloth : alk. paper)
2008011080
GBA890560 bnb
014673847 Uk
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Science--Philosophy.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Q172.5.C45 / K449 2008
003/.857