A Convergence Science for Today's Problems

A Convergence Science for Today's Problems 1

David Cutler for The Chronicle Review

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David Cutler for The Chronicle Review

Point and counterpoint is an appealing construct when it comes to movie reviews, sports predictions, and even politics. But what does it mean when you have two conflicting conclusions about new directions in scholarship? That seems to be the case in recent discussions of the state of interdisciplinary research.

In her book Interdisciplinary Conversations: Challenging Habits of Thought (Stanford University Press, 2010), Myra H. Strober, professor emerita at Stanford, provides