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compatibility to this discipline. The possibilities of discontinuities are
limited to any new presumed knowledge sourcing from the other discipline.
iii. In Episteme Three, the presumed knowledge is taken from four sources: a)
within the discipline only, b) from the practitioner savoir knowledge
acceptable to the discipline, which may now be considered connaissance
knowledge, c) from the practitioner savoir knowledge ‘on the margins’ of
the discipline, and d) from the discourse external to the practitioner, such as
intellectuals, media, etc. This episteme is most likely to have the lowest
possibility of acceptance by the discipline, unless the author of the article /
text using this episteme has a high level of gravitas. However the possibility
of this article / text presenting discontinuities are relatively high compared
to the other three examples of episteme.
iv. In Episteme Four, the presumed knowledge is taken from within the
discipline and includes what has been already accepted by the discipline
from the practitioners, i.e. as mentioned in regards to Episteme Three the
savoir knowledge is now connaissance knowledge. But no presumed
knowledge is a accepted from another discipline.
2.2.3.08 Given the different scenarios, exe mplified by the four episteme above, of the
acceptability of knowledge into the discipline, it can be expected that the discipline shows
a degree of dynamism. The movement of the boundaries of the discipline as discussed in
section 2.1.3.06, due to the flow of power around Foucault’s Triangle, can be influenced
to expand or change direction by novel contributions, discontinuities or by construction by
those with high gravitas and/or gatekeepers. There are implications for the discipline in
that, as discussed in sections 2.1.4.10 and 2.1.4.11, once there has been initial acceptance
of knowledge into the discipline it cannot be undone, but can be later refuted, or ignored.
The aspects of this dynamism and the possibility of dubious disciplines emerging is
discussed in t he next chapter.
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