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consiliencenoun
the concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets
consiliencenoun
Agreement, co-operation or sharing of methods between or convergence or overlap of academic disciplines
Etymology: Attested in 1840 ; from with.
Webster Dictionary
Consiliencenoun
act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence
Etymology: [con- + salire to leap.]
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Consilience
In science and history, consilience refers to the principle that evidence from independent, unrelated sources can "converge" to strong conclusions. That is, when multiple sources of evidence are in agreement, the conclusion can be very strong even when none of the individual sources of evidence are very strong on their own. Most established scientific knowledge is supported by a convergence of evidence: if not, the evidence is comparatively weak, and there will not likely be a strong scientific consensus. The principle is based on the unity of knowledge; measuring the same result by several different methods should lead to the same answer. For example, it should not matter whether one measures the distance between the Great Pyramids of Giza by laser rangefinding, by satellite imaging, or with a meter stick - in all three cases, the answer should be approximately the same. For the same reason, different dating methods in geochronology should concur, a result in chemistry should not contradict a result in geology, etc. The word consilience was originally coined as the phrase "consilience of inductions" by William Whewell.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Consilience
kon-sil′i-ens, n. concurrence: coincidence.—adj. Consil′ient, agreeing. [L. con, together, and salīre, to leap.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of consilience in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of consilience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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