An Epistemological Study on Somantri\u27s Thought About the Social Studies as a Synthetic Discipline

This study examines Somantri\u27s thought about the epistemology of social studies as a scientific discipline. The Study is a qualitative-interpretive (philosophical inquiry) using his academic works as a primary source, and related expertise references as secondary sources selected by annotated bibliography and literature review techniques; then analyzed by a qualitative content analysis technique. The results of the study show, epistemologically, the social studies within Somantri\u27s thought conceptualized as a synthetic discipline and an integrated educational program, a product of synergistic reengineering from two or more disciplines equivalent for the social studies purposes. The synthetic discipline is the nature, identity, and a culture of faculty and postgraduate of the social studies. It has four academic status namely ‘advance knowledge\u27, ‘middle-studies\u27, ‘primary structure\u27; and ‘integrated educational program\u27 developed at all levels of the school and teachers\u27 college