Interdisciplinearity LO22604

Steve Eskow (dreskow@corp.webb.net)
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:06:15 -0600

Replying to LO22581 --

Steve Eskow wrote:

>I, for one, can not keep in mind the problem for which
>"interdisciplinearity" is the solution.
>
>The are hundreds of Christian denominations, and there are Christians,
>Jews, and Muslims. And, of course, agnostics and atheists. Why
integrate
>them?
>
>There is poetry, essay, novel, and drama: why integrate them into one
>literary genre?

Steve,

I understand your two examples (religion, literature) as examples for a
possible "dark side" to the word interdisciplinarity: transform many into
one.

With your statement "I, for one, can not keep in mind the problem for
which "interdisciplinearity" is the solution." you tell us that you don't
see a "light side".

I saw only the light side and would have missed your dark side before, for
I thought about interdisciplinarity as the opposite: transform one into
many - gain richness through connecting to diverse qualities.

Liebe Gruesse,

Winfried

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