FESS RESEARCH NOTE 30 — ENDOLOGUE in Scientific Practice: An Operational Case Study of Referential Lecture, Intervention and Free Engagement
FESS RESEARCH NOTE 30 — The Documented Existence of ENDOLOGUE in Scientific Practice An Operational Case Study in Referential Reconstruction, Correction and Scientific Communication This Research Note presents an integrated investigation comprising ten interconnected research texts developed within the FESS / FHESS / FCLS / FERP scientific framework. The documented research sequence begins with the phenomenology of prayer and the distinction between experienced spiritual activity, linguistic expression and referential interpretation. It subsequently examines the independent third instance, the epistemological relationship between CHRIST and ANTICHRIST, the logical problem of tertium datur and tertium non datur, and the constitutional significance of an independently constituted judicial reference. The investigation culminates in a documented ENDOLOGUE. ENDOLOGUE is an operational scientific research concept whose constitutive functioning becomes observable and reconstructible through research practice. The case demonstrates how an original proposition, its scientific explication, successive interpretations, misunderstandings, corrections and renewed formulations participate in a continuous research movement. A decisive moment concerns the researcher's identification of an isomorphism between the referential transition from ordinary language to logical formalization and the transition from the immediate addressee of prayer to the ultimate reference of worship. The subsequent exchange reveals an equally important methodological distinction: scientific explication makes the precision of an original proposition accessible to readers while preserving the proposition's original conceptual integrity. The researcher's concluding observation expresses the operational significance of the case: “Wij voerden een endoloog en daardoor kan de lezer met zichzelf in endoloog gaan in plaats van gevangen te blijven in interne dialoog.” “We conducted an ENDOLOGUE, thereby enabling the reader to enter into ENDOLOGUE with themselves rather than remaining confined within internal DIALOGUE.” The scientific importance of this observation extends to the practice of publication itself. By preserving the actual development of the investigation, including its corrections and reformulations, scientific documentation provides readers with an opportunity to reconstruct the research movement independently and continue it within their own thinking. Theory, operationalization and practice constitute an integrated scientific activity. Their reciprocal development becomes visible in the documented ENDOLOGUE. The publication therefore presents both a concrete research case and a methodological resource for further investigation into referential independence, scientific communication, the constitutive third instance and the operational distinction between DIALOGUE and ENDOLOGUE. The original Dutch research texts accompany the integrated English edition, together with French and German editorial versions. Research context: FESS · FHESS · FCLS · FERP Terminological note: K.V.D.N. designates Kunst, Vrouwbeeld, Dreiging en Narratief, retaining its original Dutch formulation.
Authors
- Guido Ulens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0686-3894)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23785855
- Primary Topic
- Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00