I propose that both of these epistemological dimensions are particularly challenging for an Extravert to address given their gobbling up of external experiences and their need to somehow make sense of these experiences.
Four different perspectives are available when one combines these two dimensions.
While these four perspectives are inherently of interest to those who are involved with the epistemological study of knowledge, they are also directly relevant to the exploration of interpersonal relationships and specifically to the way in which we define our own being—our sense of self in relation to other people.
Each of these perspectives defines one’s sense of self in a quite different manner. They do not simply involve different belief systems and different ways of viewing relationships. They encompass different notions about the very nature of a belief system and a relationship. In this sense, these perspectives are profoundly different from one another—and profoundly important in understanding the push and pull of interpersonal relationships.
Static Objectivism
When an ontological analysis is applied in the field of epistemology, there are two different perspectives regarding the nature of being and, more basically, the nature of reality as defined by a specific society or sub-unit of a society. One of these perspectives might best be called objectivism. The advocates for this perspective assume that there is a reality out there that we can know and articulate. There is a real, fully comprehendible relationship that we have established with another person.
