Generalism across disciplines

Conflicting conceptions of truth are not new, nor are the benefits of mutual respect and collaboration. The parable of the blind men and the elephant is shared across many cultures. A group of blind men meet an elephant – an animal they have not encountered before. To describe the elephant to other members of the group, each man reaches out and feels a different part of the elephant – the fan-like ear, the spear-like tusk, the tree-trunk-like leg and so on. Each then describes the elephant based on their experience. Each account is different. They cannot agree on a unified