Posted by Boje on March 12, 1999 at 17:04:49:
In Reply to: Consilience posted by Bryce on March 11, 1999 at 21:48:31:
"My objections are two-fold: first, that consilience is patently obvious in many contexts (so why the need to write a book about it); second, in those instances where it's not obvious Wilson seems to be over-reaching to try and prove his point. As a biologist, Wilson time and again seems to define "consilience" in terms of the application of biology to other fields - a necessarily limiting perspective."
As far as I’ve been able to determine, "consilience" is not a word in the English language.
Boje