Introduction to Worldview Ideas

Socrates said, "The un-examined life is not worth living."

Immanuel Kant was the first person to use the word Weltanshaaung

The cylinder in this picture represents objective...

A worldview is a conceptual lens through which we see, understand and interpret the world and our place in it.

The red fruit on my desk today is an apple, it is a pear. This is an example of which law of logic?

The first main idea of this class is....

Which discipline asks What is God Like?

What artist provided a view of hurt in life that allowed for growth and learning with hope?

Who said, " There is not a square inch in all of human existence over which Christ...does not cry, Mine!"

Which condition must be present for the conclusion or effect to occur

What discipline deals with ethics and values--questions of the good, true, beautiful and right?

The Black Eyed Peas sing the song, "Where is the Love?"

What question in worldviews deals with what is our world? where do we come from? What is human?

What explanation tells us how the world ought to be?

If worldview's are like houses... the questions are like...

The mode of baptism, role of sacraments and organization of church leaders are examples of...

The formation of the Grand Canyon as a result of one cosmic flood could be an example of ...

Who said, "What is truth?"

The three parts of the worldview pyramid (from top to bottom are)

What does the word philosophy mean?

It is a theological presupposition of mine that God doesn't operate that way (miracles)...

What theory of truth says that it must work?

The different ways that the discovery of the archaeopetryx was interpreted is an example of...

The types of movies and music you listen to are examples of what kind of issues...

Worldviews can be both propositional and narrative in nature.

What explains the world as it is?

Which theory of truth relies on evidence to connect it to reality?

All truth is God's truth

What worldview question deals with what is humanity's problem?

What discipline deals with questions of knowledge and how we know?

Worldviews can help us become more self aware

What fact introduced to the objection that the Trinity is logically incoherent changes the argument?

Aristotle looked at universals, or ideals, in order to understand truth.

"A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental hear orientation, expressed as a story or set of propositions."

Paul Heibert states that worldviews help monitor cultural change.

Worldview thinking finds its origins in the German word Weltanshaaung.

The different shaped shadows represent

Who thought that "Man is both wretched and great at the same time" and religion must recognize these facts.

Who said, "Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists."

What is NOT a part of having reliable knowledge?

Who said, "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

"The Christian system is a unity of thought...a whole system of truth."

If worldview's are like houses....the answers we find satisfying are like...

Worldviews are concerned with understanding ultimate reality

What condition is one that assumes the possibility of the stated conclusion?

Anthony Flew changed his worldview when his periphery assumptions shifted

"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death."

The second main idea of this class is...

Which theory of truth says it must be internally consistent?

A = A is what law of logic

What worldview question deals with how we solve humanity's problem?

What provides the connection between ideas and reality in the correspondence theory?

Plato looked at specifics, or particulars, in the world around us to see truth.

What discipline explores questions of where we come from and origins?

worldviews are pre-suppositional, meaning they rest on assumptions that shape how we interpret data.

Which discipline explores what is real in the cosmos?

Worldviews are life directing.

Who said, "He who...believes in Jesus as the Son of God is thereby committed to much else besides."

The death of Jesus on the cross and his resurrection is what kind of issue?

The Christian worldview centers on Jesus' life, death and resurrection.

The belief that evolution explains our development is what inspired me to become a psychologist is an example of ...

The point of making a home is to make it

Worldviews can help us better understand the people around us.

Unbelief in God which results in a skeptical attitude toward miracles demonstrates what idea?

Jesus wants to make a _________ in our lives.

worldviews are heart commitments, which can be unconscious or conscious, consistent or inconsistent, true/false or mixed

Which discipline asks the question, "What is human?"

Donald Trump is the current president of the United States. This statement is what law of logic?

What view confuses personal opinion and perspective with absolute truth?

Paul Heibert states that worldviews provide emotional security.