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Academic Evaluation
This article seeks to complement the diagnosis of the crisis of contemporary science from a different angle: uncovering the missing dimension overlooked by the material paradigm, namely, the observation of wisdom in existence, functionality, and the order of roles.
Its value lies in broadening the scope of scientific research without abandoning methodological rigor, thus enabling the human sciences to acquire new constants that strengthen their methodologies and grant them epistemic solidity. The article highlights that overcoming the crisis does not require dismantling the material paradigm, but rather integrating it into a Takamolya paradigm that embraces both laws and functionality.
Problem Statement
The problem does not lie in the tools of measurement or scientific observation, but in the narrow vision that assumed phenomena could only be studied from a mechanical–physical perspective. This outlook neglected the order of roles and functionality, despite these being observable patterns.
The central issue, then, is: How can the functional dimension become an integral part of scientific research, thereby granting the human sciences a rigor comparable to that of the natural sciences?
(This limitation was previously noted in the article on The Crisis of Contemporary Science, where the roots of the crisis were traced to the material paradigm.)
Keywords
Phenomena of wisdom – Order of roles – Functionality – Takamolya paradigm – Human sciences – Scientific constants – Empirical observation.
Article
1. Introduction: Beyond Reductionism
The material paradigm began from the assumption that observing physical laws and repeatable measurements was sufficient to explain reality. Yet phenomena themselves reveal orders that extend beyond these boundaries. Every existent is not limited to its mechanism of operation but also fulfills a functional role within a broader system. This functionality is not a philosophical teleology but an observable scientific regularity.
2. Defining Phenomena of Wisdom
They are regular patterns that show how each existent performs its function within the natural order.
They are not metaphysical assumptions but are observed in the relationships and balances that govern phenomena.
They reveal that existence is not a silent mechanical assembly but an integrated network of roles.
(This aligns with what was presented in the article on Takamolya Wisdom, where the order of roles was shown to be the scientific expression of the structure of wisdom.)
3. Functionality as a Horizon for Science
Beyond the question “How does it work?”, arises the question: “What role does it play in the broader system?”
Both questions remain within the circle of scientific observation, without invoking external sources.
Thus, scientific research becomes more comprehensive by combining mechanisms of operation with their functions in the cosmic order.
4. The Impact of Functionality on the Human Sciences
Functionality is not limited to human-made systems (economy, politics, law…) but to existential phenomena.
Recognizing that the human being has a defined existential function provides epistemic constants that stabilize human sciences.
These constants grant the human sciences rigor similar to the natural sciences, since they are based on functional observation subject to verification.
Instead of conflicting ideological readings, there emerges a common foundation that consolidates the human sciences as “hard” sciences.
5. Toward a Takamolya Scientific Paradigm
By incorporating functionality into scientific research, the material paradigm is not abolished but expanded. The proposed Takamolya paradigm rests on two complementary pillars:
Observation of physical laws (as in the material method).
Observation of the order of roles and phenomena of wisdom (the previously missing dimension).
(This scientific proposal thus extends what was previously discussed philosophically in Existence Beyond Matter, but now in an empirical and observable language.)
Results
The crisis of the human sciences lies not in the absence of measurement tools but in the absence of functional constants.
Observing the order of roles provides these sciences with strict criteria of verification, lifting them out of fragility.
The Takamolya paradigm opens a new horizon for a more comprehensive science, without abandoning the experimental method.
Conclusion
This article demonstrates that overcoming the crisis of science is incomplete without restoring the order of roles as part of scientific inquiry.
This expansion does not insert philosophy or metaphysical purposes, but remains purely scientific, as it is grounded in observation and testing. Thus, Takamolya science becomes more capable of explaining phenomena in their totality and of paving the way toward the normative dimension, where functionality turns into the foundations upon which human systems are built.
(This will become clearer in the next article, where we discuss the transition “From Existential Rights to System Design.”)
References
Mahfouz, Jalal (2024). The Best Choice: The Takamolya Project (Critical Existentialism). Chapter 3.
Center for Foundational Sciences – Full Foundational Document – Annex 3.
Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
Habermas, Jürgen. The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity.
