Philosophical Underpinnings of the Transdisciplinary Research Methodology

This paper is predicated on two assumptions. First, many scholars do not appreciate the philosophical underpinnings of their research, commonly grounded in three dominant methodologies- empirical, interpretive and critical. Second, if scholars were more familiar with a newcomer - transdisciplinary (TD) research methodology - they would be more inclined to embrace it in their research. The paper begins with an explanation of four philosophical...