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.