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SUMMARY:The division of cognitive labor and the structure of interdiscipli
 nary problems - Jaakko Kuorikoski (University of Helsinki)
DTSTART:20221116T130000Z
DTEND:20221116T143000Z
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:(with Samuli Reijula and Miles MacLeod)\n\nInterdisciplinarity
  is strongly promoted in science policy across the world. It is seen as a 
 necessary condition for providing practical solutions to many pressing com
 plex problems for which no single disciplinary approach is adequate alone.
  In this paper we model multi- and interdisciplinary research as an instan
 ce of collective heuristic problem-solving. Our goal is to provide a basic
  representation of this type of problem-solving and chart the epistemic be
 nefits and costs of researchers engaging in different forms of cognitive c
 oordination. Our findings suggest that typical forms of interdisciplinary 
 collaboration are unlikely to find optimal solutions to complex problems w
 ithin short time frames and can lead to methodological conservatism. This 
 provides some grounds both for reflecting on current science policy and en
 visioning more effective scientific practices with respect to interdiscipl
 inary problem-solving.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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