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Worldview: Acknowledging Faith’s Role in Knowledge

29 Apr Filed under Course Work.

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 →

Worldview: A Brief History

29 Apr Filed under Course Work.

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 →

Worldview is back

27 Apr Filed under Course Work.

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 →

Worldview Dialog

9 Apr Filed under Education.

PREFACE In the Fall of 2008, I enrolled in Education for Social and Cultural Change (ELC 721), a graduate course in the UNCG Education Leadership and Cultural Foundations program.  The course was taught by H. Svi Shapiro.  The curriculum included reading and discussing the following … Read More →