Its realism was poorly justified theoretically, especially in view of
its epistemological starting point and its tendency to affirm the primacy of sensation.
But it also has a distinctive
epistemological starting point: the foot of the cross.
Not exact matches
It abounds in unique conceptions and undergoes considerable metamorphosis,
starting as an
epistemological realism and culminating in a philosophy of organism.
Too great an attachment to the datum self as a methodological
starting point commits one unwittingly to solipsism, Hartshorne holds, since one could never achieve a sound
epistemological basis for inferring the existence of anything beyond the datum self by this method.31 Further, if it is true that human beings are social all the way down, resistance to a literal participation in the being of a person by others (including their literal purposes) is also a form of impersonalism, according to Hartshorne's analysis — a charge from which Brightman would have reeled, had he realized that this was Hartshorne's implication.
Maybe it could be a good idea, dear readers, to
start changing the
epistemological system of reference, understanding the idea that current world - society is not a gift from our parents, but a loan from our sons and daughters.
Despite
epistemological resistance from teachers and slow
starts in the field of social studies education, there may be renewed interest in and even evolving viewpoints toward technology and the social studies (Swan & Hofer, 2008; Tally, 2007).
A representative example of the depiction of the technology - induced
epistemological changes in art that
started at the second half of last century and have strongly crystallized at the turn of this one.