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The actual practice of knowing that draws on multiple, heterogeneous, often incommensurable sources and methods. It is the observable way that individuals and communities assemble knowledge from experience, testimony, inference, intuition, cultural lore, and formal training. Frankenstein Epistemology is not messy or deficient; it is how real knowing works in complex environments. A doctor uses evidence-based guidelines, patient stories, and gut feeling. A mechanic uses manuals, experience, and hearsay. The concept normalizes epistemic diversity and resists the tyranny of a single standard.
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