consilience: difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:53, 15 July 2018

Revision as of 17:23, 7 October 2018

Line 1:

==English==

{{was wotd|2019|March|5}}

{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===

From {{der|en|la|con-||''prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects''}} + {{m|la|saliō||to bound, jump, leap}} (modelled after {{m|la|resiliēns||rebounding}}) {{suffix|en||ence}}, influenced by {{m|en|concurrent}}. The word was coined by English philosopher and theologian {{w|William Whewell}} (1794–1866) in his book ''The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences'' (1840).<ref>{{cite-book|author=William Whewell|authorlink=William Whewell|chapter=Of the Logic of Induction|title=The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. [...] In Two Volumes|___location=London|publisher=[[w:John William Parker|John W[illiam] Parker]],{{nb...|West Strand]]; Cambridge: J. and J. J. Deighton|year=1840|volume=II|section=paragraph 4|page=230|pageurl=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=yPcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA230|oclc=1003958306|passage=Accordingly the cases in which inductions from classes of facts altogether different have thus ''jumped together'', belong only to the best established theories which the hisory of science contains. And as I shall have occasion to refer to this peculiar feature in their evidence, I will take the liberty of describing it by a particular phrase; and will term it the '''''Consilience''' of Inductions''.}}</ref><ref>{{R:OED Online|part of speech=n|id=39633|date=1893}}</ref>

From {{etyl|la|en}} {{m|la|con||together}} + {{m|la|salio||to leap}}.

===Pronunciation===

* {{a|RP|GA}} {{IPA|/kənˈsɪ.lɪ.əns/|lang=en}}

* {{hyphenation|con|si|li|ence|lang=en}}

===Noun===

{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|logic}} theThe [[concurrence]] of [[multiple#Adjective|multiple]] [[induction]]s drawn from different [[data setsset]]s. {{defdate|from mid 19th c.}}

#: {{synonyms|en|coincidence}}

# The [[agreement]], [[co-operation]] or [[overlap]] of [[academic discipline]]s.

#* {{quote-book|author=William Whewell|authorlink=William Whewell|chapter=Of the Logic of Induction|title=The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded upon Their History. [...] In Two Volumes|___location=London|publisher=[[w:John William Parker|John W[illiam] Parker]],{{nb...|West Strand]]; Cambridge: J. and J. J. Deighton|year=1840|volume=II|section=paragraph 4|pages=242–243|pageurl=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=yPcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA242|oclc=1003958306|passage=Indeed in all cases in which from propositions of considerable generality, propositions of a still higher degree are obtained, there is a convergence of inductions; and if in one of the lines which thus converge, the steps be rapidly and suddenly made in order to meet the other line, we may consider that we have an example of '''Consilience'''.}}

# The [[agreement]], [[co-operation]], or [[overlap]] of [[academic discipline]]s.

#* {{quote-book|author=Edward O[sborne] Wilson|authorlink=E. O. Wilson|chapter=To What End?|chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnUkBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT395|title=Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge|___location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]]|year=1998|isbn=978-0-679-45077-1|edition2=1st Vintage Books|location2=New York, N.Y.|publisher2={{w|Vintage Books}}|year2=April 1999|isbn2=978-0-679-76867-8|passage=For centuries '''consilience''' has been the mother's milk of the natural sciences. Now it is wholly accepted by the brain sciences and evolutionary biology, the disciplines best poised to serve in turn as bridges to the social sciences and humanities. {{...}} The central idea of the '''consilience''' world view is that all tangible phenomena, from the birth of stars to the workings of social institutions, are based on material processes that are ultimately reducible, however long and tortuous the sequences, to the law of physics.}}

====Translations====

{{trans-top|concurrence of multiple inductions}}

* Catalan: {{t|ca|consiliència|f}}

{{trans-mid}}

* Spanish: {{t|es|consiliencia|f}}

{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|agreement, co-operation, or overlap of academic disciplines}}

{{trans-mid}}

{{trans-bottom}}

====References====

<references />

====References====

* ''Consilience'' Edward O. Wilson (Vintage Books USA 1998, {{ISBN|067976867X}}

* {{R:Online Etymology Dictionary}}

===Further reading===

* {{pedia}}