Interdisciplinary theory required scholars each expert in a scientific field plus philosophy

Evidence

In his inaugural lecture, Horkheimer had formulated, as a general demand and as the programme of the Institute, the principle that philosophers, sociologists, economists, historians and psychologists should unite in lasting collaboration and, in the field of social studies, should provide for a continuing dialectical fusion of philosophical theory and specific scientific practice. This was no longer possible for one individual alone. What was required here was not collaboration between those who were only philosophers and those who were only scientific specialists, but collaboration between theoreticians, each of whom was especially familiar with one of the scientific disciplines, philosophy being one of these. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 727 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

We do live in a period when many of the existing paradigms established and developed within traditional intellectual disciplines either no longer in themselves adequately correspond to the problems that we have to resolve, or require supplementing from other disciplines with which they have not historically been directly connected. These are the openings for what is called a transdisciplinary field of inquiry. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1194 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Interdisciplinary social research requires theoreticians each expert in one discipline, not generalists — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 727; Theory can emerge inductively from long collective research rather than precede it; Disciplinary paradigms fail alone and require transdisciplinary supplementing — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1194 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Interdisciplinary social research requires theoreticians each expert in one discipline, not generalists #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 727
• Theory can emerge inductively from long collective research rather than precede it #contradicts (0.75)
• Disciplinary paradigms fail alone and require transdisciplinary supplementing #expands (0.70) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1194