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What Is a Worldview? (2001)

by adam_ellsworth on 10/9/20, 9:56 AM with 9 comments

• by joe_the_user on 10/10/20, 10:58 PM

  I don't think a world view can defined much more than "one's foundational of life, the world and self". I think what the author is doing is defining a world view - especially, any fairly established world view is going to determine which questions are important, which order they should be asked in and so-forth.

  Edit: Especially, "Is there a God?" is one of the first questions asked and answered in certain world views including the authors' but by no means all. "Should you even start by considering a potential God" is another question one can ask.

• by dredmorbius on 10/10/20, 10:33 PM

  For added delight, visit the author's homepage: http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/

• by amelius on 10/10/20, 7:50 PM

  Is this any different from what the ancient Greek philosophers had already determined?

  Also, the piece starts by listing some definitions from dictionaries. I think it would be fair if it would end by giving a suggestion for an updated definition.

• by adam_ellsworth on 10/9/20, 10:00 AM

  I was trying to remember the phrase "ethnocentric predicament" for some reason and came upon this article. It was a good refresher for me on the first year phi course I took way back in college.

• by callesgg on 10/10/20, 11:38 PM

  Your worldview is the result of the model you use to interpret the world.