Functional Collaboration - resources
Functional Collaboration has already been applied in a number of different areas of research:
- in housing, Sean McNelis, Making Progress in Housing: A Framework for Collaborative Research, Routledge, 2014
- in physics, Terrance Quinn,The (Pre-) Dawning of Functional Specialization in Physics, World Scientific, Singapore, 2017
- in neuroscience, Robert Henman, Global Collaboration: Neuroscience as Paradigmatic, Axial Publishing, 2016
- in chemistry, Philip McShane, The Future: Core Precepts in Supramolecular Method and Nanochemistry, Axial Publishing, 2013
- in language studies, John Benton, Shaping the Future of Language Studies, Axial Publishing, 2008
- in economics, Philip McShane, Pastkeynes Pastmodern Economics: A Fresh Pragmatism, Axial Publishing, 2002
- in law, Bruce Anderson, ‘Discovery’ in Legal Decision-Making, Volume 24, Law and Philosophy Library, Springer, 1996
For a general discussion of Functional Collaboration and its significance for the future of humankind and the earth, see the following:
- Michael Shute (video) For What Problem is Functional Collaboration the Solution?, 2015
- Michael Shute, Functional Collaboration As the Implementation of Lonergan’s Method, Part 1: For What Problem is Functional Collaboration the Solution?, Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis, Volume 8, 2015, pp.67-92
- Michael Shute, Functional Collaboration as the Implementation of Lonergan’s Method, Part 2: “How Might We Implement Functional Collaboration?”, Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis, Volume 8, 2015, pp.93-116
- Philip McShane, Futurology Express, Axial Publishing, 2019
- Philip McShane, Structuring the Reach towards the Future, A presentation to the 3rd Peaceful Coexistence Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland, June 13–14, 2019
- Philip McShane, The Origins and Goals of Functional Specialization, a presentation to the Twentieth Annual Fallon Memorial Lonergan Symposium, Los Angeles, 31 March-2 April, 2005
- Philip McShane website
- Openers of the Positive Anthropocene website