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Encyclopedia of World Problems - Archived Information

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Integrative knowledge and transdisciplinarity project - index to notes and commentaries

1. Significance of Integrative Knowledge Project

    1.1 Significance: intent
    1.2 Significance: obstacles to an interdisciplinary focus
    1.3 Significance: consequence for approaches to societal problems
    1.4 Significance: previous, parallel or related initiatives
2. Method
    2.1 Method: identification and guidelines
    2.2 Method: approaches to the art of disagreement
    2.3 Method: subtler forms of disagreement
    2.4 Method: constraints on patterning disagreement
3. Comments
    3.1 Comments: integrative concepts
    3.2 Comments: patterning disagreement
    3.3 Comments: transdisciplinarity and its articulation
    3.4 Comments: systems of categories distinguishing cultural emphases
  • Significance
  • Method
  • Comments
‹ Challenges up Significance ›

Table of Contents

  • Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
  • World Problems and Global Issues
  • Human Development
    • Human Potential and Development
    • Integrative Knowledge
      • Summary
      • Examples and scope
      • Rationale
      • Reservations and disclaimer
      • Challenges
      • Integrative knowledge and transdisciplinarity project - index to notes and commentaries
        • Significance
        • Method
        • Comments
    • Patterns and Metaphors
    • Transformative Approaches to Social Organization
    • Human Values and Wisdom
  • Global Strategies and Solutions
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  • Index to notes and commentaries
  • Potential uses and application
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