Worldview

by Naugle, David K.

• ISBN13: 9780802847614
• ISBN10: 0802847617
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

David K. Naugle is professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Arthur F. Holmes
Preface	xv
Prologue: Uncle Andrew in C. S. Lewis's The Magician's Nephew	1	(3)
The Wonder of Worldview I: Protestant Evangelicalism	4	(29)
Original Worldview Thinkers in Protestant Evangelicalism	5	(26)
James Orr	6	(8)
Gordon H. Clark and Carl F. H. Henry	14	(2)
Abraham Kuyper	16	(9)
Herman Dooyeweerd	25	(4)
Francis A. Schaeffer	29	(2)
Conclusion and Questions	31	(2)
The Wonder of Worldview II: Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy	33	(22)
Roman Catholicism	33	(11)
Catholicism as Worldview	34	(4)
A ``Worldviewish'' Pope	38	(6)
Eastern Orthodoxy	44	(8)
Orthodoxy and Worldview	44	(2)
A Sacramental Worldview	46	(6)
Conclusion	52	(3)
A Philological History of ``Worldview''	55	(13)
Word Studies on Weltanschauung	55	(3)
The First Use of Weltanschauung in Immanuel Kant	58	(1)
The Use of Weltanschauung in German and Other European Languages	59	(5)
Weltanschauung and ``Worldview'' in the English-Speaking World	64	(2)
Conclusion	66	(2)
A Philosophical History of ``Worldview'': The Nineteenth Century	68	(40)
``Worldview'' in G. W. F. Hegel	68	(5)
``Worldview'' and ``Lifeview'' in Søren Kierkegaard	73	(9)
``Worldview'' in Wilhelm Dilthey	82	(16)
``Worldview'' and Perspectivism in Friedrich Nietzsche	98	(6)
Concluding Implications	104	(4)
A Philosophical History of ``Worldview'': The Twentieth Century I	108	(40)
``Worldview'' in Edmund Husserl	108	(13)
``Worldview'' in Karl Jaspers	121	(7)
``Worldview'' in Martin Heidegger	128	(18)
Concluding Implications	146	(2)
A Philosophical History of ``Worldview'': The Twentieth Century II	148	(39)
``Worldview'' and ``World Picture'' in Ludwig Wittgenstein	148	(14)
Donald Davidson on ``Conceptual Schemes''	162	(11)
``Worldview'' and Postmodernity	173	(12)
Concluding Implications	185	(2)
A Disciplinary History of ``Worldview'' I: The Natural Sciences	187	(22)
Michael Polanyi's Tacit Dimension and Personal Knowledge in the Natural Sciences	188	(8)
Thomas Kuhn's Paradigm Revolution in the Philosophy of Science	196	(10)
Concluding Implications	206	(3)
A Disciplinary History of ``Worldview'' II: The Social Sciences	209	(44)
``Worldview'' in Psychology	211	(11)
``The Question of a Weltanschauung''	212	(6)
Sigmund Freud
``Psychotherapy and a Philosophy of Life''	218	(4)
C. G. Jung
``Worldview'' in Sociology	222	(16)
``On the Interpretation of Weltanschauung''	222	(5)
Karl Mannheim
The Sociology of Knowledge and Sacred Canopy	227	(6)
Peter Berger
Thomas Luckmann
Worldview and Ideology	233	(5)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
``Worldview'' in Cultural Anthropology	238	(11)
Worldview	239	(6)
Michael Kearney
The Primitive and Modern Worldviews	245	(4)
Robert Redfield
Concluding Implications	249	(4)
Theological Reflections on ``Worldview''	253	(38)
Worldviews and ``Worldview''	253	(6)
Christian Worldview and ``Worldview''	259	(30)
Issues of Objectivity	260	(7)
Issues of Subjectivity	267	(7)
Issues of Sin and Spiritual Warfare	274	(10)
Issues of Grace and Redemption	284	(5)
Summary and Conclusion	289	(2)
Philosophical Reflections on ``Worldview''	291	(40)
Worldview and Semiotics	292	(5)
Worldview and Narrative	297	(6)
Worldview and Reason	303	(7)
Worldview and Hermeneutics	310	(11)
Worldview and Epistemology	321	(8)
Summary and Conclusion	329	(2)
Concluding Reflections	331	(15)
Dangers of Worldview	331	(8)
Benefits of Worldview	339	(5)
Final Conclusion	344	(2)
Epilogue: Eustace in C. S. Lewis's The Voyage of the ``Dawn Treader''	346	(3)
Appendix A: Synopses of Additional Evangelical Worldview Contributions	349	(8)
James H. Olthuis	349	(1)
Brian J. Walsh and J. Richard Middleton	350	(2)
Albert M. Wolters	352	(1)
Arthur F. Holmes	352	(2)
James W. Sire	354	(1)
Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey	355	(2)
Appendix B: A Bibliography of Books on the Christian Worldview Not Addressed in This Volume	357	(3)
Works Cited	360	(18)
Index	378