tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post3905453181440783879..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Sociology of knowledge: Camic, Gross and LamontDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-54547227552685956282012-01-21T21:57:21.836-05:002012-01-21T21:57:21.836-05:00I thought that I would share an example of knowled...I thought that I would share an example of knowledge production and its impact on humanity. Its a book called 'Race Decoded: The Genomic Fight for Social Justice'.Rajdeep Pakanatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551089067931785157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-60765362118608540222012-01-18T10:53:09.341-05:002012-01-18T10:53:09.341-05:00Mr. Violet, you are right about this fundamental c...Mr. Violet, you are right about this fundamental constraint on new knowledge production. It is attenuated to some extent by the fact that we spend less time having to locate the relevant new information; but it is certainly true: on any given subject of interest, there is more research material available that one person can master. This leads, it would seem, to increasing specialization as researchers narrow their focus so they can be expert on the topic they investigate. But it also means that it will be more difficult to identify and explore the connections that exist in problems across specialized literatures. So multidisciplinary research is a possible and partial remedy.Dan Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-44159215157173978342012-01-18T07:36:39.543-05:002012-01-18T07:36:39.543-05:00I think there is an obvious problem in any field o...I think there is an obvious problem in any field of modern scientific (but also philosophical) research: none of us can know everything. We cannot read everything and even if we have enough time to do that, we won't be able to remember it.<br />This is a strong constrain.<br />I don't see any easy way to solve this problem (assumed it is a problem :), but for sure multidisciplinary team working could be one idea.<br />But for having that we need mutual trust among disciplines... and some kind of at least partially cooperative framework.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377623855540455028noreply@blogger.com