SYNTHESISM AND THE METADISCIPLINARY ARCHITECTURE OF KNOWLEDGE: A BIBLICAL-THEOLOGICAL EPISTEMOLOGY BEYOND RATIONALISM AND FIDEISM

Published January 25, 2026 | Version v2

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This paper advances Synthesism as a philosophical framework

providing coherence for the integration of diverse knowledge

sources within the MKS®-Thronaxis metadisciplinary architecture.

Building upon the Harmonized Terminological Prolegomenon

(Maiywa-Masai, 2025), This study demonstrates that Synthesism

operates through Four Movements—Reception, Observation,

Integration, Application—which enables principled integration

without reduction or collapse. The paper distinguishes

Synthesism from Hierarchical Epistemology, which provides

cognitive ordering through Four Epistemic Axes (Revelation →

Inspiration → Reason → Sanctified Opinion). Through rigorous

biblical exegesis of Romans 12:1–2 and integration of Fernando

Canale’s cognitive hermeneutics, the study shows how the MKS

The Thronaxis framework transcends the classical rationalism-fideism

dichotomy. By establishing revelation as the ultimate epistemic

Authority while affirming reason’s indispensable cognitive role

in faith and discernment, the Four Pillars of MKS-Thronaxis—

Thronaxis Cosmology (ontological grounding), Hierarchical

Epistemology (cognitive ordering), Synthesism (philosophical

coherence), and Empirical Metadisciplinary Theology

(methodological integration)—together accomplish homecoming

reintegration: the return of fragmented disciplines to their

proper places within an ordered whole.

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