Borrowed knowledge : chaos theory and the challenge of learning across disciplines / Stephen H. Kellert.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: x, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0226429784 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226429786 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 003/.857 22
- Q172.5.C45 K449 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-281) and index.
What was chaos theory, and why would people want to borrow it? -- Disciplinary pluralism -- The rhetorical functions of borrowing and the uses of disciplinary prestige -- Motivating methodological change -- Metaphorical chaos -- How to criticize a metaphor -- Facts, values, and intervention -- Beautiful chaos? -- Postmodern chaos and the challenge of pluralism.