The Interdisciplinary Delusion.

Authors :: Kramnick, Jonathan
Source :: Chronicle of Higher Education. 10/19/2018, Vol. 65 Issue 7, p1-10. 10p. 2 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: The article discusses efforts on behalf of interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge in U.S. higher education humanities field, adapted from the book "Paper Minds: Literature and the Ecology of Consciousness," by the article's author. Topics, including expertise, philosopher Steven Pinker's criticism of the humanities, free indirect discourse, empathy and the pluralistic worldview, are discussed.