<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:24:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/epistemology/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Cost of Picking a Team]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m having a political conversation with someone I know is ethically aligned with me. This person, like me, hates how the system has placed its boot on the throat of the common folk. 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He clarifies his argument that moral philosophy may actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/what-ayn-rand-got-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reason/@stefan.molyneux/what-ayn-rand-got-wrong</guid><category><![CDATA[reason]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stefan.molyneux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:54:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Insidious Problem of Bad Science 🔬 And how to spot it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like in any other domain of human endeavor, there is a spectrum of quality and accuracy in science. Some double-blind, placebo-controlled human research is excellent and profoundly helpful to us in living]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@jeroseland/kzysoqiv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@jeroseland/kzysoqiv</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111030]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jeroseland]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwr5bsMXthzYLbcngN4W2P8NtU9TWTdHC3HaQbjuuRfHesJoVuPJCS7Po8Br8CSxMvAJDuAqrGcKh4KdkJPnf7D1o74QY2payEkX5paqepMnWvH9hsDQZaa5U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[ESP] [ENG]  Thoughts on epistemology | Reflexión sobre la epistemología]]></title><description><![CDATA[Para ver la versión en español, haz clic aquí Hey there, Hive!✨ As many of you may know, I'm currently in my last semester of Psychology. Although I'm in the final stretch, I still have a theoretical class]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-186119/@mandysmoon/esp-eng-thoughts-on-epistemology-reflexin-sobre-la-epistemologa-67v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-186119/@mandysmoon/esp-eng-thoughts-on-epistemology-reflexin-sobre-la-epistemologa-67v</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-186119]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mandysmoon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHwFmXWRzxGyNsMqDvrLfEozkEiuTG7ARMGVLqJjUEovTBS7ihBfRqfYFAKkjjzyfQDSmsS9YCk96YjHN1GzBzg6Dams3gxwQpPLc262Wf7QXpq6DP2e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Philosophy? A simple Guide for the Curious!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is an ancient discipline that has always sparked human intellectual curiosity. But what exactly is philosophy? It's not easy to answer because this question has had many different answers over]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@dastory/what-is-philosophy-a-simple-guide-for-the-curious</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@dastory/what-is-philosophy-a-simple-guide-for-the-curious</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dastory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgVwa9aPfBTik6nbLGtk6ErBiYvyuddAu6qzbhqQSWp5ZDcNsV6umMQLiLcEwz6Y7J9aJM2hjug?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On knowledge and definitions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I want to share with you another short cautionary tale I made, which will serve as a companion to the topic I am going to touch on here, namely, on knowledge. Without further ado, here's the story,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vieira/on-knowledge-and-definitions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vieira/on-knowledge-and-definitions</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vieira]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 22:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeLuau3m8MumiUXfA7eZTW31v33oUtB9pXeiNoYMj9oLRooKuZArKP1ad6Y6LV6xxyx4Tra5Ubc878S44aqCW6C4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prospective Precedents in Public Engagement: Critical Realism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: Public Engagement and Critical Realism, HDR, UHD, 64K Source This is the concluding piece in my series of articles that composed the research paper I made from July 3 to 31. 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These]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/public-engagement-as-mission-the-postmodern-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/public-engagement-as-mission-the-postmodern-crisis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:07:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Snpznz7rwiEjs7Fwdh3EXjuC9TuXiHRF6NYwQZr9svZBkworx1pKD1iY6rypqCkJDN4dWp2NMGJcYd22a62UoeZVi5bFWTFgsunszz5hQFAPxuKqT6E4b6XPsd8rpPXXg8KmaHdQWagQwrFpAjAWdFyaMmwKvmoHTzhHefVtqAXL6PZ4ig2Wpshydoxx2ALJBwPpNPKkE749x84Vta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public Engagement as Mission: The Positivist-Modernist Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: The Positivist-Modernist Crisis, painting, HDR, UHD, 64K Source Yesterday, I introduced the theme for my research paper on Church Planting and Church Growth, which is Public Engagement as Mission.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/public-engagement-as-mission-the-positivistmodernist-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/public-engagement-as-mission-the-positivistmodernist-crisis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 01:33:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5i2yA5ubhzU8DkLPD5cYEDPndiwYfdLgGj3saRTG8VJXf9JytekyyjpGo4HWSsdY22AkyArYzVhF5ZjQX6orkvjLZreQ5GxhedGsYtHsUzxTfnWypwSb6DCyQRiCt65SMcZGKuvVneWfPjfgqN2KzzKcz8tSQ4S97UjvVC9zPxs1e9NGa84c4uVCt8EtjopwPpd2ssUzsCytoKxNf41imUc8dzvkRbk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critical Realism and Christianity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: globalization and technology, by Thomas Kinkade Source Finally, I am done with the writing project I started last 03 of July. Tomorrow will be the deadline. After taking a rest for five hours,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/critical-realism-and-christianity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/critical-realism-and-christianity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNDQWtfaQeTWXtZHJA3apa1n8T8JAuy5X2CPNoujNJRDeMfh5NoJzjDLctomjTTxHahprBbAKE1hqWRnf1wY8fmPCMc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Epistemological Foundations of Positivism: Attacks on Positivism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: failed promises of modernity, painting, a landscape, HDR, UHD, 64K Source We will conclude the first chapter of Paul G. Hiebert's book by identifying both internal and external attacks against]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/the-epistemological-foundations-of-positivism-attacks-on-positivism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/the-epistemological-foundations-of-positivism-attacks-on-positivism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:30:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNDmXZDcwEdEDQoBN4WE93K2cVAzgi7AhqurGmvjzsNgYviAzWCgriTeHP83iwccKTXN1KRNTvgspKiyipAuVZTU7HQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Epistemological Foundations of Positivism: Positivism and Christianity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: modern science and Christianity, in Digital art of a Cherry blossom landscape by Yoji shinkawa, by Makoto Shinkai, by Frank Frazetta Source It took me three days to write again. 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