Worldviews Flashcards
what is a worldview?
- how different people and cultures perceive and live in the world
- collection of values and beliefs about the world
how can worldviews impact our identity?
- it can change how you see/change the world
- basis for the way you act, react, and feel about the world
what is the western world?
societies based on the worldview developed in western europe
which factors to how a society operates can be influenced by worldview?
social systems: the organizations a society has to provide for its citizens
culture: the way of life of a group of people
political/social economics: the way government is organized + methods of which resources are factored/distributed
geography: where the group lives
ideas/knowledge: what a group knows
contact with other groups: interactions with different people with different worldviews
what is a renaissance?
renaitre: to be born again
- rediscovery of ancient knowledge
which invention made large civilizations possible?
agriculture
how did the geography of ancient greece give it an advantage?
- far enough away to avoid any conflict with major empires
- close enough to absorb new ideas
what were the contributions made by ancient greece?
- first culture to embrace reason over superstition
- explained the world through logic instead of god(s) and religion
what did ancient greece use logic and reason to create advancements in?
architecture, writing, drama, warfare, government, sports, art, science, philosophy
who was socrates?
developed socratic method, whereby a series of questions are posed in order to challenge the implications of answers
who was plato?
emphasized the importance of reason
- believed in a state made from the smartest in the society
who was aristotle?
developed our current methods of reasoning and used if/then statements, scientific method
u better figure out aristotle
if, then, scientific model
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grand theft auto
how did alexander the great spread the greek worldview?
- attempts to create greek empire
- conquers huge territory
- found cities
- spread ideas
what did ancient rome do with the ideas they took from other cultures?
adopted and improved upon them
- writing, art, architecture, warfare, engineering, roads
how did rome spread ideas?
-romans brought new ideas with them
- introduced ideas to conquered people
how did the decline of the roman empire occur?
- empire becomes too big to govern
- weak emperors weaken empire
- rome split in 2
how did the division of the roman empire occur?
- eastern and western
- most of the wealth and empire goes to the eastern empire (byzantium)
- western empire left weak
how did the fall of rome occur?
- visigoths attack city of rome
- western empire falls
- roman knowledge lost
what was there a loss of after the fall of rome?
government, knowledge, technology. communication, trade, security
how did the rise of the church occur?
- rome adopted catholicism in 312 CE
- spread throughout empire
- after rome falls the church becomes new authority
who was st. augustine?
- created worldview of the middle ages
- focus on the city of god (life on earth is brutal and unstable and you should live a just life to escape to heaven)
what was the medieval worldview?
- god is the centre of human existence
- must accept a short miserable life on earth
- eternal happiness awaits in heaven
- church is the only guide to heaven
how was church a guide to heaven?
- church becomes ultimate authority
- rationality and questioning is discouraged
- decline in science and learning
how was the medieval society structured?
- strict class based society
- it was impossible to change social class
- god determined your place in life
- god’s will is not to be questioned
- unequal society
- small number of people that have the most wealth and power
- difficult life for peasant majority
