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Sérendipité et indisciplinarité

1 Jan 2024

Serendipity is the art to give one’s attention to what is surprising and of devising a relevant interpretation. Undisciplinarity means taking investigations beyond disciplinary boundaries to overcome their ossifying effects. Serendipity lies at the heart of all discoveries, while undisciplinarity directly confronts the paradox of disciplines, which are at once necessary and harmful. Serendipity is the origin of undisciplinarity, or its ultimate cause. “Undisciplinarity” could, with “serendipity”, become the essential concept underlying the dynamics of research, just as “interdisciplinarity” became in its time.

Authors

Sylvie Catellin, Laurent Loty, Patrícia Carvalho Reis

Related Organizations

New York Times
Princeton University
Bibliographic Reference
Sylvie Catellin, Laurent Loty, Patrícia Carvalho Reis. Serendipidade e indisciplinaridade. Trans/Form/Ação, 2024, 47 (2), ⟨10.1590/0101-3173.2024.v47.n2.e0240021⟩. ⟨halshs-04329918⟩
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2024.v47.n2.e0240021
HAL Collection
["Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société", 'CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique', "Archives ouvertes de l'Histoire", 'HISTOIRE', 'Archives ouvertes de la Philosophie', 'Archive ouverte en Histoire etPhilosophie des Sciences et des Techniques', 'Centre d’étude de la langue et des littératures françaises', 'Sorbonne Université', 'Sorbonne Université 01/01/2018', 'Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Université', 'Sorbonne Université - Texte Intégral', 'Alliance Sorbonne Université']
HAL Identifier
4329918
Laboratory
Centre d’étude de la langue et des littératures françaises
Published in
France

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