Proceedings of the first International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities, Economics and Law, September 5-6 2018, Padang, Indonesia

Research Article

The Axiological Principles as Foundation for Developing Sciences in Minangkabau Culture

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281037,
        author={Misnal Munir and Rizal Mustansyir and Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin},
        title={The Axiological Principles as Foundation for Developing Sciences in Minangkabau Culture},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the first International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities, Economics and Law, September 5-6 2018, Padang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONSHEL},
        year={2019},
        month={3},
        keywords={minangkabau culture values science},
        doi={10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281037}
    }
    
  • Misnal Munir
    Rizal Mustansyir
    Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
    Year: 2019
    The Axiological Principles as Foundation for Developing Sciences in Minangkabau Culture
    ICONSHEL
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281037
Misnal Munir,*, Rizal Mustansyir1, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin1
  • 1: Universitas Gadjah Mada
*Contact email: misnalmunir@ugm.ac.id

Abstract

The study aims to describe the axiological principles for developing sciences in Minangkabau culture. The research findings discovered that the values principles of Minangkabau culture could be applied to develop the principle of sciences in Indonesian perspective. Based on theories of values, the research conduct qualitative method, especially a hermeneutic approach in generating findings. The results revealed that the source of Minangkabau culture values is the Koran, the Minangkabau community places the intellectual as the determinant of value based on four categories type of mind referred to the value of good and evil. In the new Minangkabau culture, the values principle can be applied to several branches of sciences with the strategy of developing the sciences such as in Literature, Law, Politics, Psychology, Sociology, and Economics.