| \in-ter-STISH-uh l\ |
adjective
1. pertaining to, situated in, or forming small or narrow spaces or intervals between things or parts.
2. Anatomy. situated between the cells of a structure or part: interstitial tissue. |
| Quotes |
Philosophy should never have been purified. Rather than being seen as a problem, “dirty hands” should have been understood as the native condition of philosophic thought--present everywhere, often interstitial, essentially interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary in nature. Philosophy is a mangle. The philosopher’s hands were never clean and were never meant to be.
-- Robert Frodeman and Adam Briggle, "When Philosophy Lost Its Way," New York Times, January 11, 2016 |
| Origin |
| Interstitial derives from the Latin interstitium meaning "interstice" or "an intervening space." It entered English in the mid-1600s. |
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