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What is a “Worldview”?

A worldview is the set of beliefs about fundamental aspects of reality that ground and influence all one's perceiving, thinking, knowing, and doing. —Dr. Ken Funk II, Oregon State Univ.

 Family  Community  Education  Language  Culture  Religion  Emotionally Evocative Events Whence Worldview?

Epistemology Metaphysics Cosmology Teleology Theology Anthropology Axiology Elements of Worldview

Beliefs about the nature and sources of knowledge.  Is knowledge merely a state of the brain?  Manifestation of a cosmic mind?  Does it only come from sense experience?  Is there knowledge from beyond the senses?  Is there anything one can know for certain? Epistemology

What is the ultimate nature of reality?  Is everything just matter & energy?  Truth: Correspondence? Coherence? Pragmatic?  Is reality discovered empirically? Otherwise? Metaphysics

Origin of the universe, life, and humanity.  Is the universe a chance event? Created?  Is the universe orderly and predictable?  Did life originate by purely natural causes?  Did humanity originate by chance? Cosmology

The big question about purpose of the cosmos.  Is there any reason or purpose or end for the cosmos?  If so, what purpose is it?  If so, whose purpose is it? Teleology

The existence and nature of a god or gods.  Is there a god or any number of gods?  If so, what is the nature of the god(s)?  What is the relationship of the god(s) to the universe?  What is the relationship of the god(s) to humanity? Theology

The nature of humanity.  Are humans basically good? Evil?  Do humans have free will?  Are humans merely advanced animals?  Is there such a thing as “human nature”? Anthropology

The nature and study of values.  What is the highest good? Peace? Self- actualization? Pleasure? Knowledge?  Are there intrinsically valuable things?  Who determines value?  Are there morals? Are they objective? Subjective? Discovered? Created? Axiology

Should we care what worldview another holds?

Can another’s worldview be changed?

Can any worldview be shown to be superior?

Ken Samples’ 9 tests for truth 1. COHERENCE: is the worldview logically consistent? 2. PARSIMONY [“Balance Test”]: is it as complex and simple as necessary? 3. EXPLANATORY POWER & SCOPE: does it explain a broad scope of phenomena and do so in detail? Worldview Tests

Ken Samples’ 9 tests for truth 4. CORRESPONDENCE: does the worldview correspond with the way the world really is in fact and in human experience? 5. VERIFICATION: can its claims be verified or falsified? 6. PRAGMATICS: is it socially and individually workable in real life? Worldview Tests

Ken Samples’ 9 tests for truth 7. EXISTENTIAL SATISFACTION: does the worldview answer humanity’s desire for meaning, purpose, and significance? 8. CUMULATIVE RELIABILITY: do multiple lines of evidence accumulate to justify the worldview? 9. COMPETITIVE COMPETENCE: is it able to compete with others and adapt to new discoveries? Worldview Tests

Worldviews can lead to different understandings of the same phenomena

All that we value and think begins and ends in our worldview