Explanatory Norms and Interdisciplinary CollaborationChiara Lisciandra

30 January 2025

Chiara Lisciandra (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), 17:15 - 18:45, presents his project in the Interdisciplinary Research Seminar of the GRK "Collective Decision-Making”.

Location: Room 0079, Von-Melle-Park 5

Abstract

This paper provides resources from the philosophy of science to identify differences
between explanatory norms across disciplines and to examine their impact
on interdisciplinary work. While the body of literature on explanatory norms
is expanding rapidly, a consensus on a theoretical framework for systematically
identifying norms across disciplines has yet to be reached. The aims of this paper
are twofold: (i) to provide such a framework and use it to identify and compare
explanatory norms across different domains; and (ii) to derive indications about
interdisciplinary practice accordingly. By pursuing these goals, this work aims
to be both theoretically significant and practically relevant. It contributes to the
ongoing work on explanatory norms; and offers recommendations for the analysis
of interdisciplinary science.

Find the abstract as PDF here.