Interdisciplinary research from philosophy of science perspective
Theoretical seminar on philosophy of interdisciplinarity
Here is a summary of our seminars organised as a part of the Theoretical Seminar of the Estonian Research Council’s grant no 462 project “Philosophical Analysis of Interdisciplinary Scientific Research” led by Dr Endla Lõhkivi. The aim of the Seminar is to read and discuss significant theoretical accounts of interdisciplinarity.
A bibliography of the seminar texts is also available in Zotero.
Spring term 2021/2022
| Date | Topic | Discussion led by |
| 10.02.2022 |
Biagioli, M. (1990). „The anthropology of incommensurability“. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 21(2), 183–209. |
Jaana Eigi |
Spring term 2020/2021
| Date | Topic | Discussion led by |
| 12.02.2021 | Pradeau, T. et al. “Philosophy in Science: Can philosophers of science permeate through science and produce scientific knowledge?”. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715518. | Riin Kõiv |
Autumn term 2020/2021
| Date | Topic | Discussion led by |
| 23.10.2020 |
Crease, R. (2010). “Physical sciences”. In: Frodeman, R.; Klein, J. T.; Mitcham, C. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity. Oxford University Press, 79–102. |
Ave Mets |
| 6.11.2020 | Calhoun, C.; Rhoten, D. (2010). “Integrating the social sciences: Theoretical knowledge, methodological tools, and practical applications”. In: Frodeman, R.; Klein, J. T.; Mitcham, C. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity. Oxford University Press, 103–118. | Endla Lõhkivi |
| 20.11.2020 |
Turner, S. (2000). “What are disciplines? And how is interdisciplinarity different?”. In: Weingart, P.; Stehr, N. (Eds.) Practising Interdisciplinarity. University of Toronto Press, 46–65. |
Peeter Müürsepp |
| 4.12.2020 |
Rolin, K. (2018). “Scientific imperialism and epistemic injustice” In: Mäki, U.; Walsh, A.; Fernández Pinto, M.; (Eds.) Scientific Imperialism: Exploring the Boundaries of Interdisciplinarity. Routledge, 51–68. |
Jaana Eigi |
Spring term 2019/2020
| Date | Topic | Discussion led by |
| 21.02.2020 |
Sissejuhatus; Mäki, U. (2016). “Philosophy of interdisciplinarity. What? Why? How?”. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 6(3), 327–342. |
Endla Lõhkivi |
| 28.02.2020 | Ankeny, R.; Leonelli, S. (2016). “Repertoires: A post-Kuhnian perspective on scientific change and collaborative research”. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 60, 18–28. | Jaana Eigi |
| 13.04.2020 | Osbeck L.; Nersessian, N. (2017). “Epistemic identities in interdisciplinary science”. Perspectives on Science 25(2), 226–260. | Riin Kõiv |
| 24.04.2020 |
Mäki, U. (2013) “Scientific imperialism: Difficulties in definition, identification, and assessment”. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 27(3), 325–339. |
Jaana Eigi |
| 8.05.2020 | Andersen, H. (2016). “Collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and the epistemology of contemporary science”. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 56, 1–10. | Ave Mets |
| 22.05.2020 | Salmela, M.; Mäki, U. (2018). “Disciplinary emotions in imperialistic interdisciplinarity”. In: Mäki, U.; Walsh, A.; Fernández Pinto, M.; (Eds.) Scientific Imperialism: Exploring the Boundaries of Interdisciplinarity. Routledge, 31–50. | Edit Talpsepp-Randla |
| 5.06.2020 | Huutoniemi, K. (2016) “Interdisciplinarity as academic accountability: Prospects for quality control across disciplinary boundaries”. Social Epistemology 30(2), 163–185. | Endla Lõhkivi |
| 19.06.2020 | Pietarinen, A. (2006). “Interdisciplinarity and Peirce’s classification of the sciences”. Perspectives on Science 14(2), 127–152. | Peeter Müüpsepp |
