Employing Philosophical Dialogue in Collaborative Science

• DOI: 10.1641/b570109
• Publication Date: 2007-01-22T20:43:42Z
• Authors: Sanford D. Eigenb...; Michael O'rourke; J. D. Wulfhorst; David M. Althoff; Caren S. Goldberg; Kaylani Merrill; Wayde Morse; Max Nielsen-Pincus; Jennifer Stephens; Leigh Winowiecki; Nilsa A. Bosque-P...
• Keywords: Toolbox; Discipline; Cross disciplinary; Theme (computing)

Integrated research across disciplines is required to address many of the pressing environmental problems facing human societies. Often integration involves disparate disciplines, including those in biological sciences, and demands collaboration from problem formulation through hypothesis development, data analysis, interpretation, application. Such projects raise conceptual methodological challenges that are new researchers sciences their collaborators other disciplines. In this article, we develop theme these fundamentally philosophical, a dimension has been largely overlooked extensive literature on cross-disciplinary education. We present “toolbox for philosophical dialogue,” consisting set questions self-examination can use identify disparities commonalities. provide brief user's manual toolbox evidence its effectiveness promoting successful