<![CDATA[This study examines how modern scientific cosmology and Javanese religiosity understand cosmic order and harmony and explores the possibility of constructive dialogue between their distinct epistemological frameworks. It employs qualitative philosophical library research, combining Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutics with descriptive analysis, comparative analysis, and dialogical synthesis. Selected texts are interpreted through distanciation, appropriation, and refiguration, then compared in terms of epistemology, ontology, and conceptions of cosmic order. The analysis shows that scientific cosmology explains cosmic structures and processes through empirical observation, mathematical modeling, and theoretical coherence, whereas Javanese religiosity interprets cosmic harmony through symbolic meaning, spiritual experience, and ethical relations among humans, nature, and the divine. Both recognize order and interconnectedness, while cosmic beauty provides a point of dialogue through scientific appreciation of structural coherence and Javanese understandings of ethical and spiritual balance. The study concludes that Javanese cosmology constitutes a distinct epistemological framework capable of enriching scientific accounts with existential and ethical interpretations. It proposes a contextual and dialogical cosmology that preserves epistemological differences while fostering complementary understandings of the universe without subordinating either tradition to the other.]]>
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