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Weltanshauung
Worldview
Four Needs of a Worldview (Holmes)
unify thought and life, define the good life and find hope and meaning in life, guide thought, guide action
Noetic Structure
everything that a person believes
Definition of Worldview
the sum total of answers one give to life's most basic questions
Worldview "Tests"
Should be: Rational, Observable, Livable, Explainable
Components of a Worldview
Theology, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Axiology, Anthropology
thoughts
mental acts
convictions
core beliefs that dictate our actions
opinions
speculative religious beliefs may or may not be true
doctrines
religious beliefs historically taken to be authoritative
dogma
fundamental, non-negotiable religious beliefs
metaphysics
what is real
epistemology
what is true/knowledge
axiology
what is valuable
anthropology
view on human nature and purpose
ontology
the study of being
axiology variables
love, meaning, purpose, ethics/morality, aesthetics
valid means of knowing
reason, empiricism, intuition, revelation
two 'ways'
via positiva and negativa
two 'more ways'
explicit and implicit knowledge
defintions of knowledge
justified and warranted true belief
General revelation
creation and conscience
special revelation
redemptive history, divine speech, scripture, Jesus
laws of logic
identity, excluded middle, noncontradiction
Theism
infinite, perfect God exists beyond and in the universe
naturalism
no G/god exists beyond or in the universe
pantheism
an impersonal "perfect" God that is the universe
deism
a personal, imperfect G/god exists beyond and not in the universe
panentheism
a bipolar, perfecting, personal God exists in and not beyond the universe
finite Godism
a finite, imperfect God exists beyond and in the universe
polytheism
finite, imperfect personal gods exists in and not beyond the universe
