Paradigm Shift Other Resources

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Core Readings

  • Enge, Nick. (2011). "How Do We Know?" A Scientist's Bible. pp. 82-91. 10pp. 10 min. Link

Enge gives a readily understandable, lucid, and succinct description of scientific practice, distinguishing it from other ways of knowing.

  • Wilson, Edward O. (1998). "The Great Branches of Learning," "To What End?" Consilience. pp. 8-14, 291-305, 325-326. 24pp. Read only highlighted text. 30 min. Link

Wilson issues a call to unify knowledge into a single internally consistent and inclusive world-view. He also explores questions of meaning and purpose, and of ends in general--questions of value--from the perspective of a biologist.

  • AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 1: The Nature of Science." Read the sections entitled: "The Scientific World View" and "Scientific Inquiry." 5pp. 5 min. Link

Authors writing under the mantle of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science draw attention to key elements of a foundation for a modern scientific world-view, illustrating in the process how many take such basic ideas for granted, and describe the process of scientific inquiry.

  • Paradigm Shifts. 15pp. 20 min. Link

Schrom offers observations about past paradigm shifts and those who led them as guidance to any who contemplate or lead a paradigm shift to science-based consilience by practicing and advocating valuescience.

  • Enge, Nick. (2011). "Why A Modern Scientific Worldview?" A Scientist's Bible. 4pp. 5 min. Link

Enge contrasts the immense scope and predictive power of a modern scientific world-view with other world-views and celebrates the gains we realize by embracing the former.

  • Wikipedia. (2009). "Propaedia." 3pp. 15 min. Link

The authors of Encyclopedia Britannica organize what they recognize as the accumulated knowledge of the human species, providing us opportunity to reflect upon their rationale for this organization, upon those parts of their scheme we know best and least, upon which are more or less consilient with each other, and upon other possible ways of organizing knowledge. Please think on these things.

Interest Readings

  • Veritasium. "Is Most Published Research Wrong?" Link
  • PBS. "Spacetime." Link PBS producer calls for using science to address questions of value.
  • Google. "Paradigm Shift." Link 10 seconds

Definition of paradigm shift according to google dictionary.

  • Willis, Paul. "The Importance of Consilience in Science." 4pp. 5 min. Link

Willis traces consilience from its 19th century roots and briefly reviews the life of William Whewell, a polymath who coined the term and several others now common and key in science.

  • Christian, David. "We Need a Modern Origin Story, A Big History." Edge. (15 May 2015.) Link 12pp. 15 min.

Christian argues for a consilient science-based world-view encompassing history from origin of universe to present.

  • Kirk, Tom. (29 June 2015.) University of Cambridge. "Not Just Another Commodity: Leading Economist Backs Pope's Stance on Poverty and Environment." Link (4pp., 4 min.)

Partha Dasgupta, lauded for showing flaws in GDP as measure of wealth, and for his work in intergenerational equity, sustainable development, and natural capital accounting, affirms Pope Francis for his encyclical on poverty and the environment. Dasgupta and and another economist had appealed to the pope and other religious leaders for assistance in mobilizing people on a global scale. I view the outcome a step towards consilience.

  • Gilbert, Daniel. (2006) "Journey to Elsewhen." Stumbling on Happiness. pp. 3-29. Link
  • Magic. "Reflections on Science, Value, and Loving." Link
  • Wikipedia. (2009). "Science." Link
  • Wikipedia. (2009). "Scientific Method." Link
  • Shermer, Michael. (2006). "Wronger Than Wrong: Not All Wrong Theories are Equal." Link
  • Wilson, E.O. (1998). "Scientists, Scholars, Knaves, and Fools." (Argument for Valuescience) Link
  • Glantz, Kalman & John K. Pearce. "Overview." Exiles from Eden. pp. 3-11 Link
  • Wikipedia. (2009). "Consilience." Link
  • Wikipedia. (2009). "Consilience (book)." Link
  • 2Think. "Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey." Link
  • 2Think. "Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge." Link
  • Dawkins, Richard. (1996). "Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder." The Edge. Link
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