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Integrative Knowledge Project: Approaches to the art of disagreement

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In interrelating highly diverse focal concepts, it would be naive to ignore the fact that those identifying with such different concepts tend to disagree and to oppose each other. Such dynamics need to be taken into account if the resulting integration is to be of more than academic significance. The difficulty is that the ability of conventional methodologies to encompass essentially incommensurable concepts is poorly developed - methodologies themselves tend to be mutually "hostile". In such a situation it is necessary to move "beyond method" (Anthony Judge, Beyond Method, 1984) if a diversity of methods is to be interrelated in a manner which is relevant for integrated development. There is therefore a major need for a "science of disagreement" to clarify the manner in which active disagreement can be usefully structured. It appears that agreement in society is often essentially superficial or token (if it prevails at all). There is a total absence of knowledge on how to disagree in

Integrative Knowledge Project: Approaches to the art of disagreement --> --> Projects Overview ( Explanations ) Integrative Knowledge Project ( Explanations ) Method: Approaches to the art of disagreement Integrative Knowledge Project | In interrelating highly diverse focal concepts, it would be naive to ignore the fact that those identifying with such different concepts tend to disagree and to oppose each other. Such dynamics need to be taken into account if the resulting integration is to be of more than academic significance. The difficulty is that the ability of conventional methodologies

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