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What is Big History?

Journal of Big History, 2017
Big history is a new disciplinary field of scholarship that studies the past at all possible scales. Its approach is historical, but it links disciplines from cosmology to geology to evolutionary biology and human history. Beginning with E.H.
David Christian
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On the Pursuit of Academic Research across all the Disciplines

Journal of Big History, 2017
This article is about similarities and differences in the pursuit of academic research across all the disciplines. It forms part of my efforts in the field of big history to find a common language and understanding for all its practitioners, both big ...
Fred Spier
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The Epistemic Value of Expert Autonomy [PDF]

, 2018
According to an influential Enlightenment ideal, one shouldn't rely epistemically on other people's say-so, at least not if one is in a position to evaluate the relevant evidence for oneself.
Dellsén, Finnur
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The Real Conflict Between Science and Religion: Alvin Plantinga’s Ignoratio Elenchi [PDF]

, 2013
By focussing on the logical relations between scientific theories and religious beliefs in his book Where the Conflict Really Lies, Alvin Plantinga overlooks the real conflict between science and religion.
Philipse, Herman
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Wearable Psychobiologic Sensors and Resilience as a Systems Strategy to Develop Personalized Health through the Extensive Care System: A Perfect Storm?

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
We begin by placing our discussion in the context of the chronic crisis in medical care, noting key features, including economic, safety and conceptual challenges.
Robert L. Drury
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Evolutionary program in sociology [PDF]

Sociološki Pregled, 2009
The paper discusses possibilities of evolutionary program in sociology that was neglected for the most part of the 20th century. The reasons for this situation were political, ideological and intellectual.
Škorić Marko
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A Pedagogy of Consilience and Renewal

Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 2022
This essay calls for a pedagogy of consilience and renewal as a dynamic fusion of research and practices in order to provide a more coherent way of examining some of the keen, interlaced variables that trouble the academy and society.
Carolyn Calloway-Thomas
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Can COVID-19 mark a tipping point for home-based telework? Conflict between untact technology and rigid institutions in Korea

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundPreviously, Korea showed a passive attitude toward home-based telework; however, this stance rapidly changed after the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustaining home-based telework entails adjusting productivity conditions, introducing performance-based ...
Joonmo Cho, Sanghee Lee, Byungjin Park
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Anticipating Deep Mapping: Tracing the Spatial Practice of Tim Robinson

Humanities, 2015
There has been little academic research published on the work of Tim Robinson despite an illustrious career, first as an artist of the London avant-garde, then as a map-maker in the west of Ireland, and finally as an author of place. In part, this dearth
Jos Smith
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Writing for Clean Water and Sanitation: Accelerating Momentum Toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals Through Action Research. Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments

Prompt, 2021
This action research assignment invites students to participate in the progress of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal #6 (SDG6) by contributing knowledge to two distinct public discourse communities: Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia and Consilience ...
Debbie Goss
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