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What Is a Worldview? (2001)

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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.

It’s good in discussions to define some terms and agree on some specifics. That seems to be the authors intent. To find a place of common understanding and pursue civil discourse from there.

If you’d like to unravel if the questions even matter than there’s a whole different conversation to be had.

Every discussion world view defines terms and names specifics as well as asking questions. However, that doesn't mean one set of terms, specifics and questions is compatible with another - usually such things are part and parcel of the world view.

The author's personal worldview:

http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/Personal/myWorldview....

It seems almost entirely tied into his religious beliefs, which is a bit surprising considering the more technical description of reality at the start of the main article.

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

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.

One of the lessons of the Greek philosophers is that philosophy itsef isn't a written book, complete, perfect, and finished, but an ongoing conversation, with people of each present time rediscovering and readapting principles, lessons, and concepts to their own contexts. Both eternal and always new.

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.

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

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