▁components ▁of ▁both ▁knowing ▁and ▁reality . ▁Method , ▁for ▁L on er gan , ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁technique ▁but ▁a ▁concrete ▁pattern ▁of ▁operations . ▁ ▁L on er gan ▁maintained ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁critical ▁real ism . ▁By ▁real ism , ▁he ▁aff ir med ▁that ▁we ▁make ▁true ▁jud g ments ▁of ▁fact ▁and ▁of ▁value , ▁and ▁by ▁critical , ▁he ▁based ▁knowing ▁and ▁valu ing ▁in ▁a ▁critique ▁of ▁conscious ness . ▁G EM ▁traces ▁to ▁their ▁roots ▁in ▁conscious ness ▁the ▁sources ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁mean ings ▁and ▁values ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁person ality , ▁social ▁orders , ▁and ▁historical ▁develop ments . ▁A ▁more ▁thorough ▁over view ▁of ▁L on er gan ' s ▁work ▁is ▁available ▁at ▁the ▁Internet ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Philosoph y . ▁ ▁L on er gan ' s ▁ideas ▁include ▁radical ▁un int ellig ibility , ▁the ological ▁critical ▁real ism , ▁and ▁functional ▁special ization . ▁Given ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁no ▁science ▁can ▁today ▁be ▁master ed ▁by ▁a ▁single ▁individual , ▁L on er gan ▁advoc ated ▁sub - div ision ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁process ▁in ▁all ▁fields . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁voices ▁in ▁the ▁effort ▁to ▁implement ▁functional ▁special ization ▁is ▁Philip ▁Mc Sh ane . ▁ ▁Herm ene ut ics ▁ ▁Frederick ▁G . ▁Lawrence ▁has ▁made ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁L on er gan ' s ▁work ▁may ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁cul min ation ▁of ▁the ▁post mod ern ▁herm ene ut ic ▁revolution ▁begun ▁by