Over time, says Welch, "the interdisciplinary idea has evolved from a mere critique of the disci?plines to the more sophisticated and pragmatic mission of negotiating within and beyond the episte?mological frameworks they project". The beginnings of instrumental interdisciplinarity emerged from the idea that truth is not established by authorities but is worked out through the exchange of ideas. This idea led to another idea:
A) That truth is relative.
B) That utter reliance on reason and empirical evidence is the way to know truth.
C) That progress can result from the interplay of ideas.

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The idea that truth is not established by authorities but is worked out through the exchange of ideas led to the idea that progress can result from the interplay of ideas. This idea forms the basis for instrumental interdisciplinarity. Option A (that truth is relative) is not necessarily a consequence of the exchange of ideas, and option B (that utter reliance on reason and empirical evidence is the way to know truth) does not fully capture the relationship between interdisciplinary exchange and progress.

Over Time, Says Welch, "The Interdisciplinary Idea Has Evolved from a Mere