I agree with you observation on the different direction taken in EO
Wilson's book.  Marie Carlson

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From: Barbara Krimgold [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:37 PM
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Subject: Re: theory to practice, idealists & pragmatists


To John Butler,

Thanks for your very interesting response.  My remark was indended only
as a caution about what's attributed to EO Wilson.  Consilience had a
wonderful description about the "jumping together" of multi-
disciplinary research.  But I have heard "consilience" used twice
recently at population health conferences, where the implication seemed
to be that the social determinants of health work followed up on EO
Wilson's book, whereas it seems to me that his book takes
multidisciplinary scientific work in quite a different direction.

Nonetheless, I am truly delighted to be on this listserve and to have
colleagues in Canada who are engaged in health research, policy making,
community programming -- and the "knowledge exchange" and partnering
among these groups -- many of whom are willing to deal with this messy
business of trying to understand each other and work together for some
shared goals ie improving health & reducing health inequalities.  And
that crosses disciplines and professions, as well as the
theory-to-practice spectrum.

Barbara Krimgold

-----Original Message-----
From: Agora Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:22 AM
To: Barbara Krimgold; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ideas re a national stratrgy -- theologians and deal-makers
... At the risk of sounding almost flatulently optimistic, I am
delighted that the Krimgolds, Sehdevs, Raphaels and Plasketts are part
of this listserve. I am just one little guy in one little town, but my
own thinking - and I daresay my own actions - have already been changed
by both the deal-makers and the theologians on this listserve. And when
the listserve ceases to be a rich dialogue between the messy pragmatists
and the neat idealists, it will be time for me to leave (or to write
another too-long missive).

John Butler
Markham Ontario

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