Build your own epistemology!

25th Jan 2024

Galatea of the Spheres by Salvador Dali, 1952, via Dalí Theatre-Museum

"Remember that what you do not yet know is more important than what you already know”

Jordan Peterson

Following on from the last post “Who are you really?” and confronted and challenged by the idea that to be truly free we must be able to transcend our fear and step boldly into the unknown. The quote above is interesting because if it is true then we need to find ways of becoming free of our past and free of the constructs that have been created by what Heidegger termed ‘them’ – all of those people and constructs that have gone before us and limited our view of what is actually possible.

Where to begin then on this journey into the unknown?

How about building your own epistemology? In academic terms when you do research you should always explain what your epistemology is but the funny thing is if you ask people what it means they struggle to explain it to you – put simply an epistemology is a framework for understanding…