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====== Epistemological Commitments ======
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CRF does not claim access to metaphysical truth. Instead, it offers a model for understanding how knowledge emerges within recursive, interpretive systems. 

This section outlines the framework’s stance on reality, justification, and the limits of knowing.

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===== Against Naïve Objectivity =====
CRF rejects the notion that reality can be directly apprehended in an unmediated, objective form. All perception is filtered through lenses: cognitive, cultural, emotional, and ideological.
  * There is no “view from nowhere”,
  * Even scientific observation is theory-laden and context-bound,
  * Perception and interpretation are inseparable.

This is not relativism—it is structural humility. CRF does not deny reality; it denies that any single lens can fully capture it.

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===== Cross-Subjective Justification =====
Instead of appealing to objectivity, CRF introduces **cross-subjective justification**:
  * A belief is more epistemically stable when it coheres across diverse interpretive systems,
  * Shared constraints—bodily needs, emotional responses, environmental pressures—anchor lenses to overlapping experiences,
  * Claims that survive recursive reflection and intersubjective scrutiny are treated as **robust, though contingent**.

This approach values **recursive coherence over metaphysical certainty**.

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===== Functional Objectivity in Science =====
CRF affirms the value of scientific inquiry as a model of structured recursive observation. It sees science as:
  * A loop-refining system that builds models with high predictive and intersubjective validity,
  * A methodology that reduces lens distortion through peer feedback and replication,
  * A language for developing cross-subjective frameworks of coherence.

Science does not access “reality-in-itself,” but it builds **increasingly reliable interpretive scaffolds**.

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===== Recursive Limits of Knowledge =====
CRF recognizes that knowledge has recursive boundaries:
  * Every epistemic loop depends on prior assumptions and beliefs,
  * All interpretation is embedded in systems of meaning that evolve over time,
  * Truth is not a fixed endpoint but a **moving horizon**, an emergent property of recursively stabilized interpretation.

This stance is both skeptical and constructive. It places **meaning-making within systems** rather than above them.

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===== Summary =====
CRF is not a truth-claiming system—it is a map of how truth is constructed, justified, and negotiated within perceptual and identity loops. It embraces:
  * Humility in knowing,
  * Coherence across perspectives,
  * Recursivity as the engine of meaning.

Within CRF, epistemology is not a ladder to truth.  It is a **spiral of understanding**, ever-evolving through conscious engagement with perception and identity.
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