Indo and Indon : an epistemological perspective
Many Indonesians that I met, from laymen to highly educated people, have a hard feeling when they hear the word “Indon”. It is not so when they are called “Indo”. Some believe that the former is not appropriate to use as an expression in communication. Is that belief true? Is the true belief justifi...
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Summary: | Many Indonesians that I met, from laymen to highly educated people, have a hard feeling when they hear the word “Indon”. It is not so when they are called “Indo”. Some believe that the former is not appropriate to use as an expression in communication. Is that belief true? Is the true belief justified? Or is it an opinion? Truth, belief, and justification are the tripartite that construct knowledge. This construct brings us to analyze the two words from epistemological perspective before we go into an etymological study. |
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