<?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>Fri, 08 May 2026 01:44:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/instrumentalism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Critical Realism as An Alternative Epistemology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: worldview and epistemology, by Thomas Kinkade Source I still have one day left to meet the deadline. Unlike the first two chapters, I want to be short in my treatment of the last chapter. After]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/critical-realism-as-an-alternative-espistemology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/critical-realism-as-an-alternative-espistemology</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 04:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNDFEnVrg7irvUaon3YjukZebyoqA2sHqyHrLSNaB9aSw5YBPsv5AmJuahKGCvpzGDHBcd3Moh4dbSHhMmM79ZqRyfk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attacks on Instrumentalism and Idealism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: postmodernity, Art by Makoto Shinkai Source This article concludes the second chapter of Paul G. Hiebert's book and the discussion on two post-positivist epistemologies. In the first chapter, Hiebert]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/attacks-on-instrumentalism-and-idealism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/attacks-on-instrumentalism-and-idealism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNEV7bVGXrCohJU7vZ3N5haBwb1Nwj2rLXmnbSiQ3tchAVf7D4yK2z24cgfi6TSpYnqB9mu8Yy9QyrD25QAmYcwHcNz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instrumentalism, Idealism, and Christianity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: Christian mission in foreign lands, natural light, landscape, dark, Studio Ghibli Source In my previous post, I discussed how postmodernity has been influenced by instrumentalism and idealism.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/instrumentalism-idealism-and-christianity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/instrumentalism-idealism-and-christianity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNFMhYgXUyJwAe29PktbgXFQQ9xm9UeqFhiKFtzsbYHPeUXTUtZynJGxCjad9sW9uayAKSiPSkoChbfzpW3PYPVFuxr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instrumentalism, Idealism, and Postmodernity ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: postmodernity, painting, a landscape, HDR, UHD, 64K Source In continuing the second chapter of Paul G. Hiebert's book, I am thinking to skip his discussion on the characteristics of idealism since]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/instrumentalism-idealism-and-postmodernity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/instrumentalism-idealism-and-postmodernity</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 06:14:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNEkHub3duqvYKndmc6rYHsxmV37JEw8vUh4y87WeV8cz4ythu8XKioLLm35u8Ko5SfctQbC4QthwhrZtpdpk1FH7c2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Characteristics of Instrumentalism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: instrumentalism, painting, a landscape, HDR, UHD, 64K Source In the first chapter of Paul G. Hiebert's book, we saw how the author exposed the flaws of positivism and of modern science and Christianity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/characteristics-of-instrumentalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/characteristics-of-instrumentalism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2023 02:43:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JMv3FxUYaKB7uGKucYBMbDEXokcyRjzkN7k7xquS6b58iemYZ16Y9MAxGirtG14vJcvo3HhqA95XDsRzcGu1j7GaCVk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrating Theology and Anthropology on the Epistemological Foundation of Critical Realism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prompt: critical realism, theology, anthropology, mission Source This last book by Paul G. Hiebert, Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts: Affirming Truth in a Modern/Postmodern World, though]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/integrating-theology-and-anthropology-on-the-epistemological-foundation-of-critical-realism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173575/@kopiko-blanca/integrating-theology-and-anthropology-on-the-epistemological-foundation-of-critical-realism</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173575]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kopiko-blanca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:05:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqrKE4fj96vyHe4Njamm5JNDFEuLw3uZocDV5D2oQgvLMMgBC6u9TAMYcUkK6MdMncu2ghYavnmC9XCJ52jxsnDx29FYUAkWwn48AGFjY6NRkatW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been an Instrumentalist(https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Instru ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been an Instrumentalist( for a long time when it comes to science. It is a hard position to explain. This video will help make things clearer when I say science isn't truth;its utility]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@vimukthi/p7ih3eqohnkbf23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@vimukthi/p7ih3eqohnkbf23</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vimukthi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 20:11:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGLWWoNp2EKzMYDRrNGfmBUvZsbLsRXz8MU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>