The Persistence of “Consilience”: Reexamining a Rhetoric of Collaboration Across the Science-Humanities Divide

IF 1.1 2区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION Rhetoric Society Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI:10.1080/02773945.2022.2146172
Sara Austin, D. Bommarito
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ABSTRACT This essay examines discourse surrounding contemporary calls for consilience, a form of interdisciplinary collaboration articulated by E. O. Wilson aimed at uniting the sciences, social sciences, and humanities from a Darwinian perspective. This essay builds on earlier examinations of Wilsonian consilience by analyzing a sample of texts that reflect a “second wave” of consilience and shifting rhetorical tactics over the past two decades. The analysis reveals that current calls for consilience reflect heightened rhetorical awareness among authors and that additional rhetorical work is required to gain adherence among diverse cross-disciplinary audiences. Implications are discussed for future research into enactments of consilience-style interdisciplinary research.
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“一致性”的坚持:重新审视跨科学-人文鸿沟的合作修辞
摘要本文探讨了围绕当代和谐呼吁的话语,这是E.O.Wilson提出的一种跨学科合作形式,旨在从达尔文的角度将科学、社会科学和人文学科结合起来。本文在早期对威尔逊一致性的研究的基础上,通过分析一个文本样本,这些文本反映了过去二十年来“第二波”的一致性和不断变化的修辞策略。分析表明,目前对一致性的呼吁反映了作者修辞意识的提高,需要额外的修辞工作才能在不同的跨学科受众中获得一致性。讨论了协调式跨学科研究对未来研究的启示。
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