Intro to Worldviews

Question 1

Worldview

Answer 1

Set of presuppositions about the makeup of our world.

Question 2

3 Major Types of “Ultimate Questions”

Answer 2

Metaphysical- Nature of Reality
Epistemological- Nature of Knowledge
Axiological- What is valuable

Question 3

3 questions about worldviews

Answer 3

How does the worldview work?
Does everyone have a worldview?- Yes
Do people share worldviews?- People share ideas but no 2 worldviews are identical

Question 4

5 Major Worldviews

Answer 4

Atheism- supernatural doesn’t exist
Deism- a personal God created the world but is not involved
Theism- Personal God created and is involved in the world
Polytheism- More than 1 God
Pantheism-God is impersonal, Reality is God

Question 5

2 Pairs of Distinctions I

Answer 5

Immanence (God is here, involved and active in the world)
vs.
Transcendence (God is beyond comprehension)

Question 6

2 Pairs of Distinctions II

Answer 6

Monism (All reality is of the same basic kind) vs.

Dualism (There are 2 different kinds of reality)