Workshop, Sept 18 – 21, 2010

Philosophy of / as Interdisciplinarity Network (PIN-net)

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Since the early 1970s, “interdisciplinarity" has become a popular label ascribed to innumerable research programs. Interdisciplinarity, however, poses many conceptual and practical problems. We will address these problems in this workshop. Our goal is to establish a long-term collaboration in an annual international and interdisciplinary conference.

The workshop is organized around an open discussion format, but in order to orient our discussion, we expect every participant to give what we are calling an "academic introduction" – a brief description of who you are, your research interests, and your ‘take’ on the following questions (max 15 min, with 10 min for subsequent discussion):

1. What are major conceptual and practical problems of interdisciplinarity that you face in your research projects?
2. What can philosophy contribute to an understanding of interdisciplinarity?
3. What kind of new philosophical practice can we envision that will be shaped by interdisciplinary collaboration?

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