Definition
According to Leo Apostel, a worldview is an ontology, or a descriptive model of the world. It should comprise these six elements:
- An explanation of the world
- An eschatology, answering the question "where are we heading?"
- Values, answers to ethical questions: "What should we do?", What would Jesus do?
- A praxeology, or methodology, or theory of action.: "How should we attain our goals?"
- An epistemology, or theory of knowledge. "What is true and false?", John 18:38
- An etiology. A constructed world-view should contain an account of its own "building blocks," its origins and construction.
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