EPR - Epistemological Profile Radar
Diagnostic Tool for Cognitive Alignment in Interdisciplinary Research

EPR - Epistemological Profile Radar

Please select your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statements to generate your epistemological profile.
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Pluralism
Ultimately, all branches of science, regardless of their subject matter, can be unified into a single system of physical laws.
Scientific knowledge is influenced by social and political forces and cannot be considered entirely objective.
The social sciences and the humanities must adopt the standards and methods of the natural sciences to be recognised as true sciences.
The connection between disciplines is mainly based on language and serves practical needs for coordinating scientific research.
Scientific theories are valid only under specific, highly controlled conditions, and there is no single, universal description of the world.
Realism
There is a reality “out there” that exists independently of how we, as observers or scientists, perceive it.
Scientific theories provide literal descriptions of reality.
Knowledge depends on the conditions of acquisition, scientific institutions, cultural factors, and the assumptions of each discipline.
Even if there is an external reality, we cannot know it independently of the human cognitive system.
Scientific knowledge is socially constructed, and what we call reality might itself be a result of social influence.
Logic
Logical analysis of empirical data is essential for acquiring knowledge.
Every scientific explanation ought to be derived through logical reasoning.
Faith, intuition, and consciousness are more important virtues than logic for acquiring knowledge.
In an interdisciplinary project, contradictory ideas are allowed to coexist because each viewpoint has its own truth.
Truth is relative and mainly arises from social structures and public opinion rather than from logical justification.
Theory-Ladenness
Scientific observations refer to directly measurable and intersubjectively verifiable events.
Scientific knowledge is grounded in empirically verifiable data, regardless of the observer's understanding or perception.
Every scientific observation incorporates predetermined interpretive concepts that stem from broader worldviews.
All observations are theory-laden, meaning they are shaped by language, conceptual, epistemological, and metaphysical assumptions.
The truth and the explanation that is theoretically justified are identical.
Justification
The justification of beliefs presupposes the existence of foundational beliefs that do not derive their justification from other beliefs.
The justification of beliefs does not rely on first principles but arises from the coherence of the system they belong to.
Justification is internal to a system of beliefs and does not require access to any “external” reality.
The justification of beliefs depends on the relevant scientific or practical context rather than on first principles or on the internal coherence of a belief system.
Different scientific contexts offer distinct, non-hierarchical yet complementary explanations of the same phenomenon.
Language Perspective
Scientific propositions depict the world, that is, they describe facts of reality.
Propositions that do not depict facts about the world, such as metaphysical or moral statements, are outside the realm of science.
There is no universal language with a fixed meaning, but rather multiple "language games," each with its own set of rules.
Language and knowledge are always public, and they depend on the conceptual relationships and rules of the linguistic community that uses them.
Each discipline has its own linguistic system, with terms and concepts whose meaning changes over time.
Methodology
For any given scientific problem, there is only one proper method that can lead to the right solution.
Only what is empirically verified has epistemic validity.
A theory is scientific not because it is verified, but because it can be tested and potentially refuted.
The choice of scientific method depends on the theoretical assumptions underlying each discipline.
The idea of a single, uniquely correct scientific method is a myth; in practice, anything goes.
Skepticism
When a claim is supported by arguments from a specific discipline, there is no reason to doubt it.
Interdisciplinary research does not require complete agreement, but it does demand a firm and consistent commitment to principles that are universally accepted.
Interdisciplinary research does not demand complete agreement; questioning can foster innovative knowledge integration.
Scientific laws, while reliable for understanding the world, do not offer absolute certainty but only degrees of probability.
Conflicting scientific theories can be equally valid, depending on the standpoint and perspective adopted by researchers.
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