WORLDVIEW SPECTRUM
WARM WORLDVIEW
Focus: Spirit
Association: Heart
Engages: Right Brain
Prioritizes:
Feeling, Subjectivity, Experiences
Examples:
Humanism, Hedonism, Animism, Shamanism, New Age, Hinduism, Buddhism
COOL WORLDVIEW
Focus: Truth
Association: Mind
Engages: Left Brain
Prioritizes:
Thinking, Objectivity, Theory.
Examples:
Stoicism, Materialism, Scientism, Atheism, Deism, Islam, Judaism
WORLDVIEW STRUCTURE
SCIENCE
PHILOSOPHY
THEOLOGY
A worldview consists of the overlap and interplay of three primary lenses: theology, philosophy, and science, which correlate to the spiritual world, the abstract world, and the physical world respectively.
These three primary categories of query both reflect and inform how we interpret reality around us.
There may be bias toward one category or another, but every worldview will incorporate all three to varying degrees.
AGNOSTIC WORLDVIEW
Agnosticism claims the question of God is ultimately unknowable as if such a being exists, they are distant, separate, and detached from our reality.
As such, Agnosticism does not place much weight or attribute much significance to questions or issues regarding the spiritual world as they are ultimately viewed as inconsequential.
Due to their theological position, their philosophy may overlap with their science to a degree, but there is no theological foundation for either to rest upon, making their philosophy highly relative and individualistic.
ATHEISTIC WORLDVIEW
Atheism claims there is no God and that the spiritual reality is an illusion: a mere construct of human consciousness, which itself is only a curious and meaningless byproduct of matter and its movements.
As such, Atheism interprets science through their theology, rejecting any and all possibilities other than naturalistic explanations, regardless how improbable, counterintuitive, or contrived they may be.
Due to a rejection of morality, meaning, and absolute truth, Atheism's pragmatic philosophy must be developed in isolation from their theology and science.
BUDDHIST WORLDVIEW
Buddhism claims the physical reality is an illusion, instructing one to become enlightened in order to end the cycle of reincarnation, allowing the soul to return to a state of non-consciousness.
As such, Buddhism does not place much weight or attribute much significance to questions or issues regarding the physical world as they are ultimately viewed as inconsequential.
As Buddhism also asserts there is no God, their philosophy is highly pragmatic and individualistic, allowing the adherent to adopt and absorb whatever beliefs, ethics, or practices aid them toward the goal of enlightenment.
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
Christianity claims there is an infinite, eternal, and personal God who intentionally and purposefully created both the spiritual and physical reality.
As such, Christianity acknowledges the truth and significance of the spiritual world, the abstract world, and the physical world, believing they all are the result of divine intelligence and designed purpose.
Due to a belief that all of reality was created by an all-knowing, all-powerful, and personal being, Christianity's worldview is both integrated and cohesive, viewing truth and reality as absolute, unified, and knowable.
WORLDVIEW BIASES
We all have our biases, and when forming or adopting a worldview, there are several that come into play, primarily along two axes.
The first axis is our perception of reality, which may accept or reject either the spiritual or the material world.
The second axis is our personality and how we're wired, which will tend toward feeling and experiencing, or thinking and theorizing.
These two axes create four primary paradigms:
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