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Full Circle: The Moral Force of Unified Science by Edward Haskell is a 1972 book that explores the relationship between science and morality. Haskell argues that science is not simply a tool for gathering knowledge, but also has an important moral dimension. He argues that the most important problems facing humanity today, such as environmental degradation and social injustice, can only be addressed by a comprehensive and integrated approach that takes into account the interconnections between different fields of knowledge.

Haskell's book advocates for a new kind of science, which he calls "Unified Science." This is a holistic approach to science that aims to integrate different fields of knowledge, such as physics, biology, psychology, and sociology, into a single framework. Haskell argues that this approach is necessary to address the complex challenges facing the world today.

According to Haskell, Unified Science is not only an intellectual pursuit, but also has important moral implications. He argues that a truly unified science would lead to a greater appreciation of the interdependence of all life forms and would help promote a more ethical and sustainable approach to human activities. In particular, he argues that such a science would help us to develop a greater sense of empathy and compassion for other living beings.

Overall, "Full Circle: The Moral Force of Unified Science" is a book that argues for the importance of a new kind of science that takes into account the interconnectedness of different fields of knowledge and has important moral implications.

The Coaction Compass
"The Coaction Compass: A General Conceptual Scheme based upon the Independent Systematizations of Coactions Among Plants by Georgy Gause, Animals by Haskell, and Men by Jacob L. Moreno, Karen Horney, Ferdinand Lundberg, and Others."

Generalisation of Mendelleev's periodic table
Discovering periodicity in Langlois' data led Haskell to generalize the periodic table concept in his attempt to help 'unify' all sciences. Interestingly, Schwemmler(1984) presents a system of 'reconstruction of cell evolution: aperiodic system' that references Haskell, and proposes periodic tables of cell evolution.

Sun Myung Moon
Haskell had fallen in with Moonies and had admired their attitudes, notable their anti-communism. The contact had led to Moon's being impressed by Ed's ambitious theory of unified sciences, to the point of underwriting a First International Congress thereof, held at the Waldorf Astoria. The next year, Moon was advised against letting Ed's theories dominate the Second Congress, held in Japan. Ed participated in it and then broke with Moon. The congresses have continued without him.

Reception
In a letter to Marge and Van Quine (June 11, 1989), Harold G. Cassidy expressed the following concerns: What seems to be happening today is that positivistic science carried to an extreme has developed an "epistemological systematic" which does not allow for those "free inventions of the human spirit" (Einstein) that can open up vast new domains of "unutilized potential" which are necessary if science is not to become stultified, and is to grow deeply.

Criticism
"Unified Science--Assembly of the Sciences Into a Single Discipline"

References and external links

 * Google Books
 * Full Circle: The Moral Force of Unified Science; online version by Don Steehler and Timothy Wilken of the Time-Binding Trust

Category:1972 non-fiction books Category:Cognitive science literature Category:English-language books Category:Integral theory (Ken Wilber) Category:Philosophy books Category:Metatheory of science