The Four World Views: Whats Yours?

[Pyrrus]

Walter Truett Anderson, President of the World Academy of Art and Science, identifies the four worldviews as:

The postmodern-ironist, which sees truth as socially constructed.

The scientific-rational in which truth is 'found' through methodical, disciplined inquiry.

The social-traditional in which truth is found in the heritage of American and Western civilisation

...and The neo-romantic in which truth is found either through attaining harmony with nature and/or spiritual exploration of the inner self.

I may argue that trying to identify, categorize and label all world attitudes is a tricky and awrkward business, and that it cannot not really produce anything more than a distorted picture of th truth... Ironically, however, this would probably place me in the postmorn-ironist attitude...

Still, i'd find it hard to place my own views in just one of these attitues. Id consider myself politically and historically a postmodern-ironist; however, socially, religiously (in the broad sense) and in terms of lifestyle attitudes id consider myself a neo-romantic.

So whats yours??

[Mansa musa]

neo-romantic

[Problem Sleuth]

Scientific-rational. I'd rather be logical.

[gambit]

I think I'm stuck between scientific-rational and neo-romantic (Not so much as spiritual harmony, but I like to let nature and inner feelings guide my actions...a bit)

[Anachronist]

...Neo-Romantic?

[Dayman]

scientific-rational

[IndianPrince]

Somewhere between a neo-romatic & a scientific rational.

edit : aah ... so many with the same opinion as me
not so original after all


Prince

[Georgy Zhukov]

Scientific Rational

[The Good]

Which one of these closely matches that of a Christian's beliefs? Neo-Romantic?

There are much more than just four world views. There should at least be six or seven in addition to these.

[Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh]

Which one of these closely matches that of a Christian's beliefs? Neo-Romantic?

There are much more than just four world views. There should at least be six or seven in addition to these.

Please tell me you did not say that meaning as if you are a christian asking which one would best suit a christian?
I would actually laugh/throw up.

Does Christianity now tell you that Christians will be Social-Traditional?
Seems more messed up compared to when I left it to join nothingness.

[Pyrrus]

Which one of these closely matches that of a Christian's beliefs? Neo-Romantic?

There are much more than just four world views. There should at least be six or seven in addition to these.

If your views are mainly Christian then youd be a Social-Traditiional

[chilon]

Embodied Realism

Holds that there is an absolute, concrete "reality" but as humans we can never know it as such. We can only access it through our embodied mind (a concept none of those stated worldviews accounts for). This is at odds with the classic/traditional Western worldview ("scientific-rational" would hold that we can know absolute reality) but it is not a post-modern worldview as it is based on converging empirical evidence and experience and it does not take the "extremely relative" stance that most post-modern world views encompass.

It is also completely distinct from less scientific based worldviews that are being categorized here as "scoial-traditional" and "neo-romantic".

[Dayman]

Social-traditional is probably the one that would fit a Christian, LJ.

[Roman Knight]

scientific rational

[Captain Arrrgh!]

Only four categories for the entire, vibrant spectrum of the human condition?
Almost as bad as the artificial left/right paradigm.
Any and all of these 'reasoned classifications' demean and insult the human potential, as well as limit the peoples of that era.
They are shackles, poorly disguised as zietgiest.

[Dayman]

Only four categories for the entire, vibrant spectrum of the human condition?
Almost as bad as the artificial left/right paradigm.
Any and all of these 'reasoned classifications' demean and insult the human potential, as well as limit the peoples of that era.
They are shackles, poorly disguised as zietgiest.

Or maybe it's just a simple little topic asking which one of those 4 you fit into.

[Captain Arrrgh!]

347 times, each night, from the ages 11 to 14.

[Dayman]

347 times, each night, from the ages 11 to 14.

[Captain Arrrgh!]

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[Ummon]

Scientific-rational and neo-romantic, obviously.

Social contruction cannot take place between nonexisting, non self-knowing subjects, and on the other hand tradition is meaningless if not explored rationally.

They are shackles, poorly disguised as zietgiest.

All zeitgeist is a shackle.

It helps to have a full wardrobe, and not to be shackled to one's shackles.