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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface: AND not OR -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- An Enduring Concern -- Overview of Book -- References -- Part I: The Status of Integration -- Chapter 1: A Vision of the Future of Science: Reintegrating of the Study of Humans and the Rest of Nature -- 1.1 The Role of Envisioning in Creating the Future -- 1.2 Consilience Among All the Sciences -- 1.3 Reestablishing the Balance Between Synthesis and Analysis -- 1.4 A Pragmatic Modeling Philosophy -- 1.5 A Multiscale Approach to Science -- 1.5.1 Aggregation -- 1.5.2 Hierarchy Theory -- 1.5.3 Fractals and Chaos -- 1.5.4 Resolution and Predictability -- 1.6 Cultural and Biological Co-evolution -- 1.6.1 Cultural vs. Genetic Evolution -- 1.6.2 Evolutionary Criteria -- 1.7 Creating a Shared Vision of a Desirable and Sustainable Future -- 1.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB): Integrating Social Science and the Humanities into Solving Sustainability Challenges -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Dealing with Scientific Silos and Uncertainties -- 2.1.2 Solving These Challenges -- 2.2 Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) -- 2.2.1 MAHB's Mission and Structure -- 2.2.2 MAHB's Research Approach -- 2.3 A Research Agenda for and from MAHB -- 2.3.1 Socio-cultural Change for Sustainability -- 2.3.2 Population and Sustainability -- 2.3.3 Environmental Governance for Sustainability -- 2.3.4 Inequity and Sustainability -- 2.4 Concluding Reflections -- References -- Part II: Topics in Integration -- Chapter 3: Science During Crisis: The Application of Interdisciplinary and Strategic Science During Major Environmental Crises -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Science During Crisis: Two Examples -- 3.2.1 2010: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill -- 3.2.2 2012: Hurricane Sandy.

The historical success of sciences and their tendency to extendt hemselves universally to all of realityis a fact. In order to understand their sense, they should be referred to acultural (rational) project, whose presuppositions ought to be judged in accordance with a reason conceived both as practical (ethical-political) and speculative (philosophical). E. Weil's rigorous thought is here compared in all of these points with high-ranging positions: only after going through Hegelian, Marxian and Weberian positions he intends an original reappropiation of Kantian insights. ; El éxito histórico de la(s) ciencia(s)y su extensión tendencialmente universal a toda realidad es un hecho. Comprender su sentido exige que se le refiera a un proyecto cultural (racional) cuyos supuestos han de ser juzgados conforme a una razón inseparablemente práctica (ético-política) y especulativa (filosofía). Sobre todos estos puntos, el pensamiento riguroso de E. Weil se compara y se contrasta aquí con posiciones de alto vuelo: solamente después de atravesar los planteamientos hegelianos, marxianos y weberianos, es como intenta retomar,de manera original, orientaciones kantianas.

The George W. Bush administration's influence over scientific research in the US is studied. After discussing several examples in which government agencies have removed scientific information from their own Web sites during Bush's tenure, it is contended that the administration has affected the direction of scientific research in several ways; for example, it is noted that individuals who have established relationships with particular industries or who possess certain religious convictions have been appointed to key positions within the Bush cabinet. In addition, the US Dept of Agriculture's censoring of James Zahn's (nd) research into decreasing the odor of swine excrement by improving swine dietary practices is presented as an archetypal example of the Bush administration's interference in scientific research. It is concluded that the Bush administration uses & frequently manipulates scientific research to support its various political & social policies. J. W. Parker