‘Epistemology models ontology’− In gesprek met John Polkinghorne
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | ‘Epistemology models ontology’− In gesprek met John Polkinghorne | |
| Creator | Buitendag, Johan | |
| Description | The famous premise of John Polkinghorne, ‘epistemology models ontology’, has been assessed in this article. It is interpreted that its logic is based on a linear trajectory of knowledge → being. Polkinghorne places much emphasis on the fact that he pursues a ‘bottom-up’ approach, that is, an inductive way of going about with reality. He opts for a ‘critical realist’ view of reality that leads him to interpret indeterminacy (Heisenberg) as a sign of actual ontological openness to the future and not primarily as an epistemological deficit. He applies subsequently the doctrine of the Trinity as a hermeneutical tool to understand reality. The author argues that Polkinghorne is inconsistent in this venture and that he should consider a multidimensional approach, where epistemology and ontology model each other mutually, that is, knowledge ↔ being. In order to acknowledge the stratification of reality and the pluriformity of epistemologies, it is suggested that a rather ‘constructive-realist’ approach would serve better the theology of Polkinghorne; this is a shift from epistemology to hermeneutics. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2011-04-11 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v67i1.897 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 67, No 1 (2011); 9 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/897/1482
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/897/1722
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/897/1511
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/897/1483
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