PEMIKIRAN EPISTEMOLOGI FRITJOF CAPRA DAN RELEVANSINYA BAGI PERKEMBANGAN METODOLOGI PENELITIAN

• Main Authors: , Siti Fatimah, Dra.,M.Hum., , Prof. Dr. Kaelan, M.S
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2012
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/99033/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=54720
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The application of the Cartesian-Newtonian Epistemology has brought about negative effect over the world views of general fields of sciences that of course gave further impact on how scientiests� attitutes toward the natural invironment. More than that, the negative influence of the application of this epistemology can be seen through the ways people think binary, mechanically, reductively, analytically. This worldview has been blamed to have brought crises that threaten the sustainability of human life. The aims of this research are to identify epistemological questions that have formed the background of Capra in constructing his new epistemology to discover the essence of Capra�s new epistemology along with its positive influence over the rise of new scientific views and attitude toward the natural invironment, and 3) to underline general influence of Capra�s epistemology towards the development of research methodology in general. This research is based on the library research and to be its main source. The approach taken in this research, I take fact-based historical qualitative, which takes a stress on the philosophical and theoretical meanings closely related to values ranging from definition, concepts and other specific characteristics of the research objects. The method used is analyticalsynthetic and philosophical hermeneutics. Some principle elements of this method are including description, coherence, intern, holistic, heuristic and reflection as well as critical evaluation. In particular, the holistic method is used to interpret the data collected along with their relation with all possible aspects. The results of the research: 1) the Cartesian-Newtonian epistemology with such specific particularities as binary, mechanistic, reductive, and analytical, boldly relies on reason, observation, experimentation and has given negative effect over the ways science and scientists� worldviews that are not friendly with nature. 2) Capra recognizes both rational and empirical truths, but he rejected their absolutness because both of them are only true in terms of rasio and sensory perception. 3) Instead, Capra also in fact believe the intuition based on epistemology, which its main sources are mystical experience, sense of unity, sence of network, religion and revelation. Meanwhile, the ways to reach the truth of this epistemology are through maditation, feeling, self instrospection, spiritiual experiences, interpretation with theory of web, involvement attitude as well as critical reflection. In terms of the truth, those experiences and methods are based on the principle of �proximate truth and non-absolute truth�. All scientific models and theories are just approaching the truth, inaccurate and limited. Here is the parallelism of intuition based knowledge and rasio as well as empirical knowledge. The application of this new epistemology will bring into the holistic worldviews. Knowledge could be discovered through radical reasonality, observation as well as profound intuitive reflection. This epistemology has stimulated the rise of philosophy based research methodology. In the view of Capra, scientific methodology should combine reason, observation and a variety of intuitive reflections.