This article analyzes the cognitive structures and dynamics of a form of scientific discipline that differs importantly both from the disciplinary format of the 19th-century university system, and from the profile proposed by much postmodern interdisciplinary (anti-disciplinary) discussion. This recent form of discipline, here termed the 'new disciplinarity', is a product of the increasing complexity of scientific knowledge and activity. The approach privileges cognition. It emphasizes the concepts of disciplinary referent, robust boundaries, 'borderland', combinatorials and projects. It suggests that the new disciplinarity is highly elastic and that it is a spawning-ground for new disciplines.
RésuméCet article analyse la structure cognitive et la dynamique des disciplines scientifiques et s'attache à montrer qu'elles diffèrent fortement du modèle des universités du 19ème siècle. Cette forme récente de discipline scientifique est désignée par le terme 'nouvelle disciplinarité'. Elle est un produit de la complexité croissante des connaissances et de l'activité scientifiques. L'approche adoptée ici privilégie les contenus cognitifs et constitue une réfutation de la perspective post-moderne sur la science et l'interdisciplinarité. Elle met l'accent sur les concepts de référent disciplinaire, de robustesse des frontières, de ' zone franche', de combinatoire et de projets. Elle suggère que la
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