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

Authors :
Johannes Persson
Henrik Thorén
Lennart Olsson
Source :
Ecology and Society, Vol 23, Iss 3, p 40 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Resilience Alliance, 2018.

Abstract

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17083087
Volume :
23
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Ecology and Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.44d56e5389f4d93be7fad9904a8c09e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10401-230340