Jumping Together: A Way from Sociobiology to Bio-Socio-Humanities

Sociobiology is a grand narrative of evolutionary biology on which to build unified knowledge. Consilience is a metaphorical representation of that narrative. I take up the same metaphor but apply it differently. I evoke the image of jumping together, not on solid ground but on the strong, flexible...

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Nebentitel:East Asian engagements with science
1. VerfasserIn: Kang, Shin Ik (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2016]
In: Zygon
Jahr: 2016, Band: 51, Heft: 1, Seiten: 176-190
weitere Schlagwörter:B Life Course
B bio-socio-humanities
B Conceptual Blending
B Narrative
B consilience
B Evolution
B Sociobiology
B Embodiment
B Heaven-Earth-Person Triad (HEP triad)
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Zusammenfassung:Sociobiology is a grand narrative of evolutionary biology on which to build unified knowledge. Consilience is a metaphorical representation of that narrative. I take up the same metaphor but apply it differently. I evoke the image of jumping together, not on solid ground but on the strong, flexible canvas sheet of a trampoline, on which natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities jump together. This image overlaps with the traditional East Asian way of understanding—that is, the “Heaven-Earth-Person Triad.” Using recent insights from cognitive science—metaphor, embodiment, and conceptual blending—I propose the alternative way of “bio-socio-humanities” to understand and experience the world.
ISSN:1467-9744
Enthält:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12235