Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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book
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non-fiction book → science book → |
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all branches of knowledge are ultimately connected
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complex phenomena can be understood through layered explanations across disciplines → scientific methods can inform the humanities → |
| author |
Edward O. Wilson
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| centralConcept |
consilience of inductions
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticizedFor |
alleged scientism
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strong form of scientific reductionism → underestimating autonomy of the humanities → |
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William Whewell
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| deweyDecimalClassification |
501
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| genre |
philosophy of science
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popular science → |
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analysis of ethics from a biological perspective
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discussion of environmental issues and biodiversity → discussion of the arts in relation to science → discussion of the history of scientific thought → discussion of the relationship between science and religion → |
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influential in debates on interdisciplinarity
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widely discussed in philosophy of science → |
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Enlightenment rationalism
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evolutionary biology → positivism → reductionism in science → |
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English
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Q175
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| mainSubject |
consilience
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epistemology → interdisciplinarity → relationship between sciences and humanities → scientism debate → unity of knowledge → |
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print
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| notableFor |
advocating a unified framework for all knowledge
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popularizing the concept of consilience → |
| proposes |
unification of natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities
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| publicationYear |
1998
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| publisher |
Alfred A. Knopf
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| relatedWork |
On Human Nature
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Sociobiology: The New Synthesis → |
| targetAudience |
general educated readership
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scholars in science and humanities → |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
Enlightenment
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modern scientific era → |
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Edward O. Wilson
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unity of science (""Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge" by Edward O. Wilson") → |
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