The Unifying Aspects of Cultures
SECTION:
The Unifying Method of the Humanities, Social Sciences and
Natural Sciences: The Method of Transdisciplinarity
Chair of the section/Suggestions, Abstracts, Papers to:
Email: Josephine
Papst (Graz)
> Speakers
ABSTRACT: Trans comes from the Latin and means beyond;
in this sense the method of transdisciplinarity is the
method that goes beyond disciplinary and interdisciplinary boundaries
and limitations in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural
Sciences, as these have been proclaimed and maintained since the
19th century, especially by Wilhelm Dilthey. The beginnings of
a methodical grounding of transdisciplinarity in order to overcome
these limitations were formulated by the Physicist Basarab Nicolescu
in his book La Transdisciplinarité, Manifeste as
well as by the physician and Nobel Prize winner Werner Arber in
Inter- und Transdisziplinarität. Warum? - Wie? (Inter
and Transdisciplinarity. Why? How?) It is important to note, that
transdisciplinarity is not a new discipline, but a method that
goes beyond disciplinary and interdisciplinary methods. It is,
according to Basarab Nicolescu "the science and art of
living nature," in contrast to the dead nature of the
traditional sciences and their methods.
The aim of this section is to examine the possibilities and
the difficulties of transdisciplinary science.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SECTIONS
- Bernhard Lauth (Universität München, Seminar für
Philosophie, Logik und Wissenschaftstheorie; München, Deutschland):
Transtheoretische Strukturen in den Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften [ABSTRACT]
- Karen-Claire Voss (Assistent Prof. at Fatih University Istanbul,
Department of American Culture & Literature and a member
of CIRET - Le Centre International de Recherches et Études
Transdisciplinaires; Istanbul, Turkey): Transdisciplinarity and
the Quest for a Tomorrow [ABSTRACT]
- Predrag Cicovacki (Worcester, USA): Transdisciplinarity as
an Interactive Method: A Critical Reflection on the Three Pillars
of Transdisciplinarity [ABSTRACT]
- Friedrich Wallner (University of Vienna, Austria): Culture
and Science [ABSTRACT]
- David E. Schrader (Washington and Jefferson College, USA):
Pragmatism, Unificiation, and Transdisciplinarity [ABSTRACT]
- Kurt Grünewald (Grünewald (Abgeordneter zum Nationalrat,
Sprecher für Wissenschaft und Gesundheit, Der Grüne
Club im Parlament; Österreich): Politisches Handeln im Zeitalter
des wissenschaftlichen Weltbildes
- Josephine Papst (University of Graz, Austria): From the structure
and signs to the perspective of beyondness or transdisciplinarity [ABSTRACT]
- Paul Ghils (The Editor - Transnational Associations; Brusels,
Belgium): International Relations and its Languages: A Transdisciplinary
Perspective [ABSTRACT]
- Thomas Pilz (Graz): TERROR DER ATTRAKTION. Der Diskurs um
Schönheit, Wahrheit und Präzision und die ökonomische
Verwertung von Aufmerksamkeiten [ABSTRACT]
- Nikolaus Reisinger (Karl-Franzens Universität Graz,
Institut für Zeitgeschichte; Graz, Österreich): Transdisziplinäre
Technikwissenschaft am Beispiel der Bionik [ABSTRACT]
- Irmfried Windbichler (GRAZ): DIE ÄSTHETISCHE PERSPEKTIVE
IN DER ARCHITEKTUR [ABSTRACT]
- Florian Geßler (Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst; Graz, Östereich): Zeit und Musik/Musik
und Zeit [ABSTRACT]
- Florian Gessler (Graz): Die Stunde der Komödianten -
Stück für zwei Violinen und eine Klarinette; 5,5 Minuten.