consilience
noun
con·sil·ience
kən-ˈsil-yən(t)s 
: the linking together of principles from different disciplines especially when forming a comprehensive theory
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This is not an argument for biologist E.O. Wilson’s concept of consilience, which posited that the humanities and social sciences can be explained by the same underlying laws that ruled the physical world.
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Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
If consilience entails convergence toward a consensus, science is moving away from consilience.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021
Next question: Is consilience desirable?
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021
Part of the problem here is that for various reasons that the sample space of researchers engaging in this sort of consilience is small, and restricted to particular scientific subcultures (e.g., evolutionary psychologists, the group of anthropologists around Robert Boyd, etc.).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2013
But, ultimately, the consilience of doing and being is essential.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
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Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
If consilience entails convergence toward a consensus, science is moving away from consilience.
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021
Next question: Is consilience desirable?
—John Horgan, Scientific American, 25 June 2021
Part of the problem here is that for various reasons that the sample space of researchers engaging in this sort of consilience is small, and restricted to particular scientific subcultures (e.g., evolutionary psychologists, the group of anthropologists around Robert Boyd, etc.).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2013
But, ultimately, the consilience of doing and being is essential.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
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“Consilience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consilience. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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