While [Stephen C. Pepper]] saw Selectivism as a potential fifth world hypothesis in Concept and Quality (1966), [Ronald K. Hoeflin](https://www.usiassociation.org/post/usia-vice-president-dr-ronald-hoeflin) proposed a modification into neoselectivism.
> In the present chapter I propose a modified version of selectivism which I call neoselectivism, in terms of which I believe all of the world hypotheses and their interpretations of truth, beauty, and goodness can be integrated within a single, harmonious system of thought. > I begin by showing how the root metaphor of selectivism, the structure of a purposive act, can be analyzed into five segments and how each of these segments can be interpreted by means of a simple, common-sense question. I indicate how these common-sense questions can be correlated with the traditional branches of philosophy, namely, ethics, epistemology, aesthetics, and inductive and deductive logic. > I then examine each of the five segments in turn in order to justify the common-sense questions with which the segments have been tagged as well as to confirm the relevance of these questions to the branches of philosophy. I also correlate the five segments with the relatively adequate world hypotheses as well as the relatively inadequate ones, and I discuss their connection with the theories of truth and modes of verification which the relatively adequate theories generate. > Following the survey of the five segments, an integrated interpretation of the interrelationships of the world hypotheses and their theories of truth, beauty, and goodness is presented. > I next discuss Aristotle's causes and Kant's categories as apparent precursors of neoselectivism. > I conclude by mentioning five problems relevant to the root-metaphor theory worth future consideration. [pp. 194-195]
_Source_: Hoeflin, Ronald K. 1987. “The Root-Metaphor Theory: A Critical Appraisal of Stephen C. Pepper’s Theory of Metaphysics Through an Analysis of Its Interpretation of the Concepts of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.” Doctoral dissertation, New York, NY: New School for Social Research. https://www.proquest.com/docview/303589498.