Philosophical intervention and cross-disciplinary science: The story of the Toolbox Project

Synthese

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1937-1954

  O'Rourke, Michael ^a   Crowley, Stephen J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied epistemology; Collaboration; Communication; Cross disciplinary research; Philosophical intervention; Toolbox Project

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878607431     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-012-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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