{"product_id":"interdisciplinarity-and-wellbeing-a-critical-realist-general-theory-of-interdisciplinarity-paperback","title":"Interdisciplinarity and Wellbeing: A Critical Realist General Theory of Interdisciplinarity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Bhaskar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBerth Danermark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeigh Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and relate it to health\/wellbeing research and professional practice. In so doing they make it possible for practitioners of the different disciplines to communicate without contradiction or compromise, resolving the tensions that beset much interdisciplinary work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch a general theory is only possible if we assume that there is more to being (ontology) than empirical being (what we can measure directly). Therefore, the unique approach to interdisciplinarity applied in this book starts from ontology, namely that there is a multimechanismicity (a multiplicity of mechanisms) in open systems, and then moves to epistemology. By contrast, the mainstream approach, which fails to acknowledge ontology, is \"unserious\" and tends to result in a methodological hierarchy, unconducive of interdisciplinarity, in which empiricist science is overtly or tacitly assumed to be the superior version of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is primarily aimed at those people interested in improving health and wellbeing - such as researchers, policy-makers, educators, and general practitioners. However, it will also be useful to academics engaged in the broader academic debate on interdisciplinary metatheory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoy Bhaskar was the originator of the philosophy of critical realism and the author of many acclaimed and influential works including \u003ci\u003eA Realist Theory of Science \u003c\/i\u003e(1975); \u003ci\u003eThe Possibility of Naturalism \u003c\/i\u003e(1979); \u003ci\u003eScientific Realism and Human Emancipation \u003c\/i\u003e(1986); \u003ci\u003eReclaiming Reality \u003c\/i\u003e(1989); \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Idea of Freedom \u003c\/i\u003e(1991); \u003ci\u003eDialectic: The Pulse of Freedom \u003c\/i\u003e(1993); \u003ci\u003eReflections on Meta-Reality \u003c\/i\u003e(2002); and \u003ci\u003eFrom Science to Emancipation \u003c\/i\u003e(2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerth Danermark is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden. He is also the Director of Doctoral Studies (and founder member) of the Swedish Institute of Disability Research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeigh Price is Senior Research Associate at the Environmental Learning and Research Centre, Rhodes University, South Africa, and Editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Critical Realism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755821695264,"sku":"9780415496667","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/97724bc6eab0cb10edfcfa82b47b09e4.webp?v=1780068995","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/interdisciplinarity-and-wellbeing-a-critical-realist-general-theory-of-interdisciplinarity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}