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Transdisciplinarity is essential for redefining the scope of the Humanities and addressing emerging challenges posed by AI and posthumanism in the twenty-first century. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To establish a comprehensive framework of questions, approaches, and cross-disciplinary connections that define the modern scope of the humanities in the context of emerging technological and philosophical paradigms.

September 3, 2026HumanitiesOpen Access

Crossing Boundaries: Transdisciplinarity in the Humanities and the Essential Foundation and Development of Our Field in the Twenty-First Century

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To establish a comprehensive framework of questions, approaches, and cross-disciplinary connections that define the modern scope of the humanities in the context of emerging technological and philosophical paradigms.
Curated a structural agenda of key theoretical questions, methodological approaches, and disciplinary intersections in preparation for an academic workshop on transdisciplinarity.
Analyzed the convergence between traditional humanities fields, artificial intelligence, and posthumanist frameworks.
Identified critical thematic links bridging traditional humanistic scholarship with emerging technological and scientific disciplines.
Outlined conceptual boundaries to broaden the operational definition of human-centered inquiry in response to modern computational and posthumanist developments.

Implication

Conceptual analysis reveals foundational frameworks for modern humanities, highlighting cross-disciplinary integration in the era of artificial intelligence.

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In preparation for a MDPI-sponsored workshop on the topic of transdisciplinarity in the Humanities (23 May 2026), we put together a list of possible questions, issues, approaches, and contributions linking traditional Humanities with related disciplines in order to determine what we might conceive of as the widest-possible concept of human-related topics, especially in an age when AI and posthumanism have gained much in traction, whether to our advantage or disadvantage [...]

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Albrecht Classen (2026) studied this question.

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Conceptual analysis reveals foundational frameworks for modern humanities, highlighting cross-disciplinary integration in the era of artificial intelligence.

Crossing Boundaries: Transdisciplinarity in the Humanities and the Essential Foundation and Development of Our Field in the Twenty-First Century

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Crossing Boundaries: Transdisciplinarity in the Humanities and the Essential Foundation and Development of Our Field in the Twenty-First Century

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