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Abstract Interdisciplinary research is widely acknowledged as a valuable means of knowledge production and as crucial for addressing complex scientific and societal problems. Interdisciplinary research takes many forms, and this article offers a novel case study of a distinctive form of interdisciplinarity, reflective interdisciplinarity. The article analyzes interdisciplinary research undertaken by philosophers of biology and empirically working biologists studying individualization.
1 INTRODUCTION Our membership of the species Homo sapiens has been used in attempts to explain and even justify everything from selfless acts of goodwill, to marketing campaigns, political policies and economic systems, to racism, violence and genocide. But understanding our species' nature requires understanding our quirky evolutionary history. Since that history matters, understanding how in fact we evolved, what the quirks are precisely, is crucial.
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