University and Interdisciplinarity: a Proposal from the Thought of L. Polo
Abstract
This paper presents a proposal on university interdisciplinarity from a methodical systemic approach. It is understood that this method can provide amplitude and depth to reunify the diverse contributions of each discipline. The approach of the Spanish philosopher Leonardo Polo, could offer some keys to shed light on the subject.
It will offer a description of the university and the roots of its crisis. The breakup of superior knowledge and the rupture of unity among them would be, according to Polo, the origin of this separation of sciences from each other and their consequences.
His proposal is presented in two ways. It offers a theory of knowledge - broad and reuniting - that links the different levels of human knowledge. But he points out that what is relevant is the personal side that connects with the interrelationships between university professors.
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