Measurement and Understanding in Science and Humanities

Interdisciplinary Approaches
2023
ISBN: 978-3-658-36973-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

This anthology is a unique compilation of scientific contributions on the topic of measurement and understanding, showing how terms such as number, measurement, understanding, model, pattern are used in a wide variety of disciplines. Based on the results and experiences from their own projects, 23 researchers comment on the potentials and limitations of individual methodological approaches and success factors of interdisciplinary collaboration. In doing so, they sound out the different significance of quantification and empirical evidence for their own disciplines and examine the influence of methodological approaches on existing models and images. The common goal is to want to understand the world; the methods, however, are highly diverse.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schweiker, Marcel

Halbleib, Roxana

Hass, Joachim

Novokhatko, Anna

Haß, Joachim

Novokhatko, Anna A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary work.- Examples of interdisciplinary work to measure and understand the world.- Communication of interdisciplinary work.- Success factors and conclusions.- Similarities and differences in the meaning of number and measure between disciplines.

Über Autor(innen)

The editors and authors of the book are fellows in the WIN College of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The scientific focus of the individual authors is broadly diversified across the entire spectrum of the sciences.