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Model H - Depicting the relationship between ontologies,
epistemologies and epistemic justification as it relates to the discipline
2.4.2.05 Accordingly, the ontological domains are depicted in Mode l H in Graphic 2g as
diagonals. This is based on the assumption of some conjunct association between ontology
and epistemology, in that certain ontologies may lend themselves to a certain
epistemological justification. For example, the domains in the upper left quadrant of Model
H in Graphic 2g may lend themselves to a more objective epistemology rather than a
subjective one - vice versa for the themes in the bottom right quadrant. This may relate to a
realist / relativist dialectic; however my assumption is that ontological domains are more of
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