The interdisciplinary decision problem: Popperian optimism and Kuhnian pessimism in forestry

Ecology and Society

Johannes Persson¹  Henrik Thorén²  Lennart Olsson³ 

[1]Department of Philosophy, Lund University, Sweden

[2]Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, Helsinki University

[3]Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS, Lund University

关键词: forestry;    interdisciplinary integration;    ontology;    philosophy of interdisciplinarity;    silviculture;    sustainability;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-10401-230340

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Interdisciplinary research in the fields of forestry and sustainability studies often encounters seemingly incompatible ontological assumptions deriving from natural and social sciences. The perceived incompatibilities might emerge from the epistemological and ontological claims of the theories or models directly employed in the interdisciplinary collaboration, or they might be created by other epistemological and ontological assumptions that these interdisciplinary researchers find no reason to question. In this paper we discuss the benefits and risks of two possible approaches, Popperian optimism and Kuhnian pessimism, to interdisciplinary knowledge integration where epistemological and ontological differences between the sciences involved can be expected.

【 授权许可】

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