Worldview

This article is about the concept. For the WorldView satellite class, see DigitalGlobe. For the World View near-space balloon technology, see World View Enterprises. For the Worldview public television network owned by MHz Networks, see MHz Networks § MHz Worldview.

A worldview (also world-view) or Weltanschauung is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's knowledge, culture, and point of view.[1] A worldview can include natural philosophy; fundamental, existential, and normative postulates; or themes, values, emotions, and ethics.[2]

  1. ^ Funk, Ken (21 March 2001). "What is a Worldview?". Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ Palmer, Gary B. (1996). Toward A Theory of Cultural Linguistics. University of Texas Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-292-76569-6.