Epistemological Hybridism: literal translation: being able to think or see the truth in more than one way. Epistemological hybridism takes the actual life-world of the person or group as the core. Truth that needs to be seen as valid just because it is.

In my undergraduate education, I was taught to hold strongly to one point of view, understand that point of view, research it and be able to argue it. For example, climate change is real and problematic and here are the facts. The idea of epistemological dualism transcends that my beliefs, values or empathy do not necessarily need to exist in a siloed arena of right & wrong. That perhaps more than one belief can exist at the same time. That I can feel two different ways about something, and it isn’t particularly a contradiction but rather those beliefs stem from an imperfect human, a human in flux. It does not mean that I am not political, critical or intelligent