Journal of Philosophy and Theology

A Constructivist Search for Knowledge and Truth
John-Okoria Ibhakewanlan

Abstract
This paper is written from the perspective of self-examination rather than a criticism of any individuals or methods, exploring a researcher’s Constructivist approach against the background of a religious faith. The author arguedthat since one’s epistemological and ontological views affect how one researches or learns, the academy ought not to play down that connection between epistemology, ontology and pedagogy. He then attempted to reconcile his own faith as a Catholic with the Constructivist paradigm. Hence he argued that the religious activity of searching and seeking for God is analogous to the learning process of constructing knowledge without presupposing a string of truths that are unchangeable and unchallengeable. That analogy became the basis of his Constructivist Faith. The paper then presented some of the practical implications of a Constructivist Faith.

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