Aug 2, 2004 11:58
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English term
ýnterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
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I have a problem making a distintinction between these 3 words. Can you help me. Thank you in advance
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Jonathan MacKerron
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English term (edited):
�nterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
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Webster says
multidiciplinary = "combining several specialized disciplines (as those in the field of applied social science) for a common purpose (use of a multidisciplinary approach by a child guidance clinic)"
Interdiciplinary = "characterized by participation or cooperation of two or more disciplines or fields of study (an interdisciplinary conference) : drawing on or contributing to two or more disciplines (interdisciplinary approach to anthropology)"
Pluridiciplinary is not listed in Websters III unabridges!
Interdiciplinary = "characterized by participation or cooperation of two or more disciplines or fields of study (an interdisciplinary conference) : drawing on or contributing to two or more disciplines (interdisciplinary approach to anthropology)"
Pluridiciplinary is not listed in Websters III unabridges!
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Comment: "Cheers Jonathan. Ýt was a hard choýce to makeç but the examples you provýded just helped me ýn solvýng my query"
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English term (edited):
�nterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
interdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
More or less the same, but:
1) Interdisciplinary would include cooperation between 2 disciplines, which might not be covered by "multidisciplinary".
2) "Pluridisciplinary" is ALMOST always the result of a poor translation into English where "multidisciplinary" would be the preferred term.
1) Interdisciplinary would include cooperation between 2 disciplines, which might not be covered by "multidisciplinary".
2) "Pluridisciplinary" is ALMOST always the result of a poor translation into English where "multidisciplinary" would be the preferred term.
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Kurt Porter
: Interdisciplinary - drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study "interdisciplinary studies, an interdisciplinary conference." Multi - more than two...I'd lose the Pluri....
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Aisha Maniar
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Christian
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SirReaL
: also, did you guys notice this is question number 777,000?
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Jörgen Slet
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Elena Petelos
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Eva Karpouzi
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Mark Xiang
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English term (edited):
�nterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
The differences
Interdisciplinary: Stress the interaction of different disciplines.
Multidisciplinary: Stress the collection of different disciplines.
pluridisciplinary: Seldom used
Multidisciplinary: Stress the collection of different disciplines.
pluridisciplinary: Seldom used
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Ramesh Madhavan
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English term (edited):
�nterdisciplinary v. pluridisciplinary v. multidisciplinary
Please see comments below
Discipline: a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity
Inter: Within
Plural: More than one
Multi: Many
Inter-disciplinary: Follows/abides by a discipline.
Pluri-disciplinary: Follows/abides by more than one discipline.
Multi-disciplinary: Follows/abides by many disciplines.
Hope this helps:-)
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Inter: Within
Plural: More than one
Multi: Many
Inter-disciplinary: Follows/abides by a discipline.
Pluri-disciplinary: Follows/abides by more than one discipline.
Multi-disciplinary: Follows/abides by many disciplines.
Hope this helps:-)
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Laurel Porter (X)
: Careful: inter = between; intra = within... Easy mistake!
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