Jurnal Sosioteknologi
Vol. 12 No. 28 (2013)

INDO AND INDON: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Maman A. Djauhari (Chairman of Council of Professor (2007-2008), Institut Teknologi Bandung, Professor at Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2013

Abstract

Banyak orang Indonesia yang saya temui, dari orang awam hingga orang yang berpendidikan tinggi, tidak suka ketika mereka mendengar kata "Indon". Hal ini tidak berlaku ketika mereka disebut "Indo". Beberapa mempercayai bahwa "Indon" tidak tepat digunakan sebagai ekspresi dalam komunikasi. Apakah keyakinan itu benar? Apakah ada pembenaran terhadap keyakinan yang benar? Atau sekedar pendapat? Kebenaran, keyakinan, dan justifikasi adalah tripartit yang membangun pengetahuan. Pembangunan ini membawa kita untuk menganalisis dua kata dari perspektif epistemologis sebelum kita masuk ke dalam studi etimologis. Many Indonesians that I met, from laymen to highly educated people, have a hard feeling when they hear the word "Indon". It is not so when they are called "Indo". Some believe that the former is not appropriate to use as an expression in communication. Is that belief true? Is the true belief justified? Or is it an opinion? Truth, belief, and justification are the tripartite that construct knowledge. This construct brings us to analyze the two words from epistemological perspective before we go into an etymological study.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sostek

Publisher

Subject

Engineering Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Sosioteknologi is a journal that focuses on articles that discuss results of an intersection of research fields of science, technology, arts, and humanities as well as the implications of science, technology, and arts on society. It is published three times a year in April, August, and ...