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Independence, Responsibility, and Long-Form Research at Aletheia Institute Introduction Open access is often discussed as a publishing model or a policy framework. At Aletheia Institute, it is approached more fundamentally: as an epistemic practice. The decision to publish openly is not merely technical or economic; it reflects a stance toward truth, responsibility, and intellectual independence. Aletheia Institute is an independent research initiative dedicated to long-form

Epistemology, Ontology, and Method in Independent Theoretical Research Introduction Contemporary academic inquiry is often organized around discrete domains—epistemology, ontology, methodology, ethics—treated as separable problems addressed within specialized disciplines. In practice, however, these domains form an interdependent structure: assumptions about reality shape methods; methods delimit knowledge; and epistemic frameworks condition what can be meaningfully thought o

Integrative System-Theoretical Realism and the Foundations of Aletheia Institute Introduction Aletheia Institute is not organized around disciplines, projects, or collaborative teams in the conventional academic sense. It is structured around a theoretical framework: Integrative Realism, developed through sustained independent research and articulated across a coherent body of work. The institute’s purpose is not to coordinate research activities, but to investigate the struc