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Author Topic:   New Survey -- what is your Worldview type?
Phat
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Message 18 of 50 (777695)
02-06-2016 2:12 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by RAZD
02-05-2016 12:59 PM


I too was mildly amused by my results....
quote:
Worldview Affinity Score:
Worldview you identify with most: Integrative (7)
Worldview you identify with least: Modern (-6)
Integrative worldviews
Integrative worldviews appear to be primarily characterized by a self-reflexive attempt to bring together and synthesize elements of other worldviews, or of domains that in other worldviews tend to be viewed as mutually exclusive, such as science (or rationality) and spirituality, imagination and logic, heart and mind, humanity and natureperspectives that in the West have been in conflict for centuries. In this worldview, such opposing perspectives are frequently understood to be part of a greater whole or synthesison a deeper levelresulting in both-and rather than either-or thinking. Such a holistic or integrative perspective may lead to a profound sense of connection with nature, and an understanding of earthly life itself as imbued with a larger consciousness or Spirit. Universal, existential concernssuch as life and death, self-actualization, global awareness, and serving society, humanity, or even life at largeare often of central importance.
Modern worldviews
Modern worldviews attempt to achieve liberation from imposed, oppressive, frequently religious, authorities and understandings of the past, through an emphasis on rationality and critical thinking. The vision of reality tends to be secular and materialistic: the existence of a higher power, divine reality, or intangible dimension is generally rejected. Science is frequently seen as the ultimate (and even exclusive) source of reliable knowledge, providing access to objective reality. This 'objectification' of reality generates a dualism between body and mind, and object and subject, which tends to lead to immense scientific, technological, and socio-economic progress as well as an instrumentalization of nature. Science and technology are generally seen as central means to address humanity’s most pressing issues. The autonomous, ‘self-made’ individual has a central position in this worldview. Individualistic and hedonistic valuessuch as freedom, in dependence, success, performance, social recognition, comfort, and funare usually dominant.

Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain

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