I have contrasted the Enlightenment and Postmodern Epistemologies, while at the same time developing the story of the concept of Worldview. I now want to advance a different conceptualization of Worldview, one that I think does a better job justly recognizing the contributions of Reason, … Read More →
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Worldview: A Brief History
Weltanschuung The word Worldview is what is known as a loanword. It is an English version of a German word Weltanschuung. It literally means “World” and “Perception.” (Naugle, 64). In 1790 Immanuel Kant coined the word to describe our perception of the world that we … Read More →
The Modern Epistemic Debate
Philosophy seeks to grasp, to make sense of, the reality we all experience. We recognize that there is great unity in reality but that there is all great diversity. How is it that unity and diversity coexist? To try to answer these questions, Philosophers develop … Read More →
Worldview is back
A version of this paper was presented at the 2008 South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society Society conference on Oct 10, 2008. You may not have noticed, but Worldview is back. The concept, which is a little more that two hundred years old, was heavily … Read More →
Bauman on the Moral Encounter
Zygmunt Bauman’s collection of essays, Life in Fragments, is a description of the fragmentary nature of postmodern life. The fragmentation of the postmodern life manifests itself in two different ways of Being, each a encounter with the Other in which Ethics takes precedence over the … Read More →
Toward a Dissertation
I met with my advisor today, Dr. Leila Villaverde. I need to start forming a dissertation committee. In order to do that, I need to have a sense of what I’m going to study. I’m still interested in Reformational Philosophy, but am intimidated. Dooyeweerd feels … Read More →
Loving my Neighbor: Respecting the Diversity of Viewpoints
IN CONCLUSION This course, Education for Social and Cultural Change, strengthened my conviction that reality is comprised of a wonderful diversity that amazingly provides a coherence to human experiences. The discussions especially affirmed my understanding that humans everywhere intuitively recognize that each person has inherent … Read More →
Reductionism in Epistemology
What makes Dooyeweerd’s theory of Worldview additionally attractive is that it offers an explanation as to the Rationalism of Modernity. When the commitment is left unchecked, it threatens to become fanatical. And when it does it works to completely undermine and discount everything but what … Read More →