ABSTRACT
Some would argue that crossing the disciplinary culture barriers, to search for metanarratives or theoretical integration of parts, is not possible or is a foolish attempt to see an elusive whole. This chapter considers principles about how knowledge is managed that offer a way forward – away from fragmentation – towards a shared language. Transdiagnostic approaches, however, are intradisciplinary; they do not transcend disciplinary knowledge barriers and therefore do not include the whole person. Humpty himself has to integrate different types of knowledge – what transdisciplinary researchers call ‘internal perceptions and external information’. Those working inside silos are unaware of the careful scientific work of those who cross disciplinary cultural barriers to reveal patterns of interconnection. If the many research and practitioner traditions that contribute to understanding the whole person do not learn new ways of conceptualising the whole person, knowledge will continue to be siloed (stored away) in fragments.
