Monday, February 23, 2009

Isolated Disciplines...

As I was hoping, I have a great friend who dug into his science knowledge for me-- throughout his experience in medical school / residency he's run into only a few isolated disciplines-Geology / Geosciences, Astronomy, and he's thinking a few of the social sciences, but has minimal experience with those. In his words, "Everybody has biology, chemistry, physics, organic chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry."

In applying this information to Saxe's areas of expertise, she obviously is not involved in the Geosciences or Astronomy, but she definitely is involved in the social sciences. As for disciplines within the social sciences, I would argue that Psychology and Sociology are the most directly related.

Saxe's study of the development of infants is quite unique from what I can tell from her publications and the attention the press has given her. Perhaps her study could be considered a field studied in isolation merely for its uniqueness.

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