1/ I'm sure the STS folks can say this better but, Single-author papers or projects aren't interdisciplinary. They can't be.
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2/ The ideas I spend my time on may cross a lot of disciplinary boundaries. And, I've used the word "interdisciplinary" in my dissertation, following everyone else's usage of it. But, it just feels like a lie.pic.twitter.com/9P6KKjxqgD
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3/ Contemporary political science is faced with this all the time. Every new book (and my dissertation) quotes a lot from contemporary neurology while also drawing upon a lot sociology to make political science arguments.
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4/ But, the level of familiarity with the subject matter needed to understand whether or not the parts your drawing on are good arguments generally instead of just fitting well with your theory requires... ...well, a disciplines worth of scholarship.
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5/ One person can't do this. It's too much. (Kinda a dumb thing for a computational social scientist to say right before defense. But hopefully by saying that on here now, I won't be tempted to say it in response to someone's question in the near-then.)
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Replying to @generativist
Thought-provoking, and I do see your point. But as a humanities scholar, I don't know where to go with this idea, since humanities in essence is combines disciplines. Then again, I may be guilty of knowing a little about a lot of things.
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Replying to @karenhanson
I'm not sure where to go with it either. It's less than half-baked. I'm mostly looking for feedback while hoping someone in STS prescribes a book to read ;)
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Replying to @generativist
I'm sure you've read Kuhn, for better or worse. ;-)
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Yes I have. But painfully late in my grad school experience. And only because lots of #STS people on here made me start *wanting* to explore those ideas!
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