Hence the term "university" which comes from the words "unity" and "diversity". Every academic discipline has something to contribute - and a fully formed mind does best to draw from and be informed by multiple contexts at once.

If two academic disciplines or contexts contradict one another, we ought to take that as an indication of an underlying problem somewhere. In this case, the paper's authors seem not to have gotten the memo. Perhaps a simple acknowledgment of agreement with orthodoxy would suffice - otherwise the opening sentence might cause misinformation. As it is, hopefully it doesn't accidentally get quoted without sufficient clarification by the media.