Integrated Reality Theory (IRT) as a Processual-Relational Integrative Framework: Synthesis, Novelties, and Methodological Implications
Journal of Finance, Economics and Business May 13, 2026 M. Shoim, Siti Mujanah, Abdul Halik
This article examines Integrated Reality Theory (IRT) as a cross-disciplinary synthesis effort to answer the fragmentation of modern knowledge. With a conceptual-comparative approach, this article puts IRT in dialogue with critical realism, general systems theory, and the science of complexity. The results of the analysis show that IRT has novelty in integrating processual ontology,...