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Transformative transdisciplinarity : an introduction to community-based philosophy /

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In 'Transformative Transdisciplinarity', David Ludwig and Charbel N. El-Hani synthesize insights from the philosophy of science and empirical action research to address planetary crises. This book addresses the fundamental epistemological, ontological, and political questions of transdisci...

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Main Authors: Ludwig, David (Professor) (Author), El-Hani, Charbel Niño (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.
Philosophy and science.
Interdisciplinarité.
Philosophie et sciences.
Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY.
Political.
Social.
Philosophy & Social Aspects.
SCIENCE.
Global Warming & Climate Change.
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Philosophy and science
Interdisciplinary studies.
General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction: Global Challenges, Local Struggles
  • 1.1 Modernity: The View from Siribinha and Poças
  • 1.2 Transdisciplinarity: The View from Forikrom
  • 1.3 Why Community-Based Philosophy?
  • 1.4 The Structure of This Book
  • 2 On Transdisciplinarity and Transformation
  • 2.1 The New Politics of Knowledge
  • 2.1.1 The Promise of Transdisciplinarity
  • 2.1.2 Epistemic Paternalism
  • 2.1.3 Epistemic Diversity
  • 2.1.4 Epistemic Decolonization
  • 2.1.5 Against Metadualism
  • 2.1.6 Has Decolonization Lost Its Way?
  • 2.2 The Partial Overlaps Framework
  • 2.2.1 Navigating Between Inclusion and Exclusion
  • 2.2.2 The Plurality of Local Biologies
  • 2.2.3 Partial Overlaps in Epistemologies, Ontologies, and Value Systems
  • 2.2.4 Three Modes of Epistemic Marginalization
  • 3 Community-Based Epistemology
  • 3.1 Partially Overlapping Epistemologies
  • 3.1.1 Transformations of Epistemology
  • 3.1.2 Integrationist Pluralism or Standpoint Theory?
  • 3.1.3 Epistemic Injustice and Material Inequality
  • 3.1.4 The Myth of Two Knowledge Systems
  • 3.1.5 Individuating Knowledge Systems
  • 3.1.6 From Demarcating to Relating Knowledge Systems
  • 3.1.7 Relating Epistemological Toolboxes
  • 3.1.8 What's Left of Objectivity?
  • 3.2 Epistemologies in Action
  • 3.2.1 Epistemology Beyond the Armchair
  • 3.2.2 Mixed-Methods Philosophy
  • 3.2.3 Single-Cause Explanations: Periodic Massunim cycles
  • 3.2.4 Multicausal Explanations: Fish Seasonality
  • 3.2.5 Multicausal Explanations: Robalo Water
  • 3.2.6 Identifying Epistemic Overlaps
  • 3.2.7 Identifying Epistemic Partialities
  • 3.2.8 From Epistemology to Ontology
  • 4 Community-Based Ontology
  • 4.1 Partially Overlapping Ontologies
  • 4.1.1 The Great Ontology Confusion
  • 4.1.2 Why Ontology Matters
  • 4.1.3 The Rise and Fall of Convergence Metaphysics
  • 4.1.4 Understanding Ontological Overlaps
  • 4.1.5 Ontological Partiality in Ethnobiology
  • 4.1.6 What's Left of Natural Kinds?
  • 4.1.7 Radical Alterity and the Limits of Representation
  • 4.2 Ontologies in Action
  • 4.2.1 Ontology Beyond the Armchair
  • 4.2.2 Of Insects and Fungi
  • 4.2.3 Seeds from the Ancestors
  • 4.2.4 Classifying Fish in Siribinha
  • 4.2.5 The Challenge of Caipora
  • 4.2.6 Ontological Self-Determination
  • 4.2.7 New Directions for Political Ontology
  • 5 Community-Based Politics
  • 5.1 On Community Struggles
  • 5.1.1 The Case for Co-production
  • 5.1.2 How Academia Co-opts Co-production
  • 5.1.3 Transdisciplinarity as Elite Capture
  • 5.1.4 Centering on Community Agency
  • 5.1.5 Local and Connected Struggles
  • 5.2 Communities in Action
  • 5.2.1 The Hard Problem of Scholar Activism
  • 5.2.2 Community-Based Policy
  • 5.2.3 Partial Overlaps and Intercultural Education
  • 5.2.4 Connecting Struggles in African Agriculture
  • 5.2.5 Epistemology and Ontology as Liberatory Projects