Transversal Ontologies and the Collapse of Epistemic Silos: Toward a Meta-Integrative Logic of Inquiry beyond Disciplinary Fragmentation

The persistent fragmentation of contemporary knowledge systems reflects not merely a proliferation of disciplinary specializations but a deeper ontological disarticulation that undermines the very possibility of unified understanding. This paper addresses the metaphilosophical problem of epistemic incommensurability by interrogating whether the diversification of inquiry entails an irreducible plurality of ontic commitments or whether such plurality is an artifact of methodological isolation. The research problem thus emerges from a tension between the aspiration for ontic unity and the operational reality of epistemic compartmentalization across scientific, humanistic, and computational domains.

Departing from classical foundationalist and coherentist models, the study advances the notion of transversal ontology—a non-hierarchical framework in which heterogeneous domains of inquiry intersect through relational rather than reductive integration [1]. Methodologically, the paper synthesizes elements of category theory, phenomenological analysis, and post-analytic philosophy to construct a meta-logical schema capable of mapping inter-domain translations without presupposing a single privileged epistemic ground. Within this schema, epistemic defragmentation is reconceptualized not as the unification of content but as the reconfiguration of relational intelligibility across disparate modes of knowing.

The originality of the study lies in its articulation of meta-integrative reflexivity, a condition wherein philosophy ceases to function as an external arbiter of knowledge and instead becomes immanently embedded within the processes of inquiry it seeks to integrate [2]. This shift destabilizes traditional distinctions between intelligence, rationality, and understanding, suggesting that these are not discrete faculties but dynamically co-constitutive operations within evolving epistemic ecologies. Expected findings indicate that the pursuit of ontic unity does not culminate in a singular metaphysical ground but unfolds as a continuous process of structural alignment across epistemic systems, mediated by adaptive conceptual translation [3].

Such a perspective redefines philosophy’s role as neither foundational nor derivative, but as a transversal practice enabling the conditions of intelligibility itself.

Indicative Scholarly Citations

[1] Deleuze, Gilles & Guattari, Félix. A Thousand Plateaus, p. 35
[2] Husserl, Edmund. The Crisis of European Sciences, p. 148
[3] Floridi, Luciano. The Philosophy of Information, p. 221