Poiesis and the Emergence of New Knowledge: Pushing Paradigmatical Boundaries for Interdisciplinary Research

Bedwei-Majdoub, Catherine and Bado, Augustin (2025) Poiesis and the Emergence of New Knowledge: Pushing Paradigmatical Boundaries for Interdisciplinary Research. In: Meaning and Interpretation in Research: Nuance, Objectivity, and the Ethics of Reason. IGI Global.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This chapter offers the five philosophical branches as the quintessential paradigms for interdisciplinary research. Specifically, interdisciplinary research seeking a poiesis of sorts. That is, through investigation and study, by bringing new knowledge into existence. In a researcher’s chapter, philosophy serves to justify the value and relevance of the study described. In interdisciplinary research, where multiple disciplines tackle often highly complex problems, the identification and subsequent operation within a chosen paradigm can be problematic. Yet, getting it right facilities both the elevation of research quality and the poiesis of research. Mobilising a Gadamerian hermeneutic methodology, this chapter offers a how-to guide to the philosophies that interdisciplinary researchers may want to consider especially with a view to pushing disciplinary boundaries and bringing forth an ecstasis of meaning and interpretation that is transformative. Keywords: Text-Based Research, Gadamerian Hermeneutics, Ontology, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics, Aesthetics, Business, Heidegger, Transformative Knowledge, Derrida, Levinas, Sustainability

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