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How people think the world works and what they think their role in the world should be. See environmental wisdom worldview, planetary management worldview, spaceship-earth worldview.
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The way in which people see the world, with an emphasis on their unconscious assumptions, mindsets, and the principles that they will not question. SImilar to paradigm.
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Every person has a worldview. Your worldview determines how you interpret everything you encounter in life. For instance when an athiest analyzes a fossil he filters all the facts through his worldview. Because he believes there is no God then the facts can not point to creation. Therefore they must evidence evolution. See: Summit Ministry's Worldview chart for a summary of common worldviews.
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The concept that every individual, under the influence of culture, possesses a way of viewing the world.
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the deep cultural influence of religion, beliefs and values
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a conceptual scheme by which we consciously or unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and by which we interpret and judge reality"'
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a distinctive way of looking at reality that creates a context for living
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a human formation open to all the foibles of human subjectivity
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a network of related presuppositions in terms of which every aspect of man's knowledge and awareness is interpreted
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an internal belief system about the real world - what it is, why it is, and how it operates
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a person's basic beliefs concerning deity, humanity and the rest of the universe
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a person's set of assumptions about the basic makeup and nature of the world and universe
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a philosophical belief system regarding what exists, which informs nearly every aspect of life, including a core system of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics
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a set of basic, foundational beliefs concerning deity, humanity and the rest of the universe
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a set of beliefs we hold about the most important issues in life
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a set of claims that purport to be based on reality
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a set of control beliefs which serves as guide for thinking, acting, and for life itself
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a set of epistemological assumptions and beliefs that shape the way a person perceives and interprets reality
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a set of presuppositions (or assumptions) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously) about the basic makeup of our world
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a set of presuppositions which we hold consciously or unconsciously about the world in which we live
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a system of thought, a way of looking at reality
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a vision that defines reality, identity, morality, and destiny
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a way of viewing or interpreting all of reality
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A conceptual framework for interpreting reality. An attempt to arrange one’s most basic beliefs into a coherent system that can serve to evaluate and interpret reality. A comprehensive outlook on life.
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