scholarly journals Does anything we do matter forever?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
T. J. MAWSON
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
World Views

AbstractIn this article, I consider the question of whether or not any action we perform matters forever. I distinguish two senses of mattering, which I call ‘relative’ and ‘non-relative’ mattering; and I argue that the answers one should give to the questions of whether or not anything we do matters forever in these senses depend on one's world-view. I thus consider the questions from an atheistic naturalistic world-view and from two variants of the theistic world-view. Finally, I argue that on any plausible variants of these world-views, we either are already in or will end up in a state where nothing we do matters forever in the non-relative sense. And I consider whether or not it matters now that this is where we are or will end up. I conclude that on atheistic naturalism and on one variant of theism, it doesn't non-relatively matter now and on another variant of theism it does non-relatively matter now. I conclude that, on both variants of theism, it relatively and non-relatively matters at the time it obtains.

A Scientific World-View of Nature and Environmental Problem with a Special Concentration on Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s Understanding of Environmental Sustainability (Perspektif Sains terhadap Krisis Alam dan Persekitaran: Pemikiran Seyyed Hossein Nasr tentan)

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-328
Author(s):  
Md. Abu Sayem
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
World View ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
World Views ◽  
Renaissance Humanism ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Scientific World ◽  
European Renaissance

The present paper attempts to expose how the scientific world-view of nature contributes to the present environmental crisis. Alongside this, it relates European Renaissance, humanism, secularism, the scientific and industrial revolutions, modern philosophy, scientism, technology-based modern life, consumerism-based modern society, etc. with current environmental problems. By focusing on Nasr’s traditional understanding of nature, the paper explores how materialistic and mechanistic world-views are deeply connected with the present ecological crisis. It also offers a critical analysis of Nasr’s spiritual and religious world-view of nature and examines its relevance. In doing so, it aims to highlight some demerits of the present world-view, and to call to reform current perceptions of nature by revitalizing traditional wisdom in order to protect the environment from further degradation. Thus, the paper is scholarly addition to the ongoing discourse on the issue of religions and the environment. Keywords: Eco-theology, Environmental Degradation, Materialistic and Mechanistic Views of Nature, Scientism, Spiritual Crisis of Modern humans, Religious and Spiritual World-Views.   Abstrak Kertas kajian ini menerangkan bagaimana pandangan saintifik telah menyumbang kepada krisis alam sekitar semasa. Disamping itu, kertas ini akan menhubungkaitkan Gerakan Revolusi Humanisma di Eropah, sekularisme, revolusi  sains dan perindustrian, falsafah moden, saintisme, kehidupan moden yang berasaskan teknologi, masyarakat moden yang berasaskan consumerisme, etc. dengan krisis alam sekitar yang berlaku dewasa ini.  Dengan memahami pandangan Nasr terhadap alam sekitar, kertas ini akan merungkai bagaimana pandangan materialistik (kebendaan) dan mekanistik mempengaruhi krisis ekologi masa kini. Ia juga akan menganalisa pandangan spiritual dan agama Nasr terhadap alam sekitar secara kritikal dan akan menilai sejauh mana kesesuaiannya. Dengan sedemikian dapat menyedarkan manusia tentang kecacatan pandangan semasa, yang kemudiannya akan membawa kepada pembaharuan persepsi mereka terhadap alam sekitar dengan cara menghidupkan semula nilai-nilai tradisional demi mengelakkan kemerosotan alam sekitar. Kertas ini akan memuatkan idea-idea para cendiakawan dalam membincangkan isu  berkaitan agama dan alam sekitar. Kata Kunci: Eko-Teologi, Kemerosotan Alam Sekitar, Pandangan Materialistik dan Makanistik terhadap Alam, Saintisme, Krisis Spiritual Manusia Moden, Perspektif Spiritual dan Agama.

World View Differences between Clients and Counselors

1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 533-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean E. Lotting ◽  
Claudia Zundel
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
World Views ◽  
The World

Derald Wing Sue posited a “world view” model derived from the related concepts of loci of control and responsibility to explain differences in perspective between clients and counselors. The authors present findings that suggest that the world views of clients and counselors differ, but not as Sue proposed.

Religion, Science, and Environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-88
Author(s):  
Michael T. Seigel
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
World View ◽  
Environmental Movement ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
World Views ◽  
The Real

Much theological discussion of ecology has focussed on responding to criticism such as that of Lynn White, but there are aspects of Christian tradition that need more attention: the loss of a sense of symbiotic relationship between humanity and nature, and the belief that human beings can effectively and harmlessly manipulate nature to their own ends. The viewpoint of White and many other ecological thinkers that our behaviour derives from our world-views and religiosity has set substantial portions of the environmental movement in search of a new world-view and a new religiosity. If, however, our world-views and religiosity derive, even in part, from our social structures and therefore ultimately from our behaviour, then we must also focus on changing these. The question of science then is not only whether it is sufficiently holistic but also whether it can contribute to determining appropriate behaviours and social structures. Dialogue between science and religion has already come a long way in terms of developing new world-views. It is necessary now that they work together to guide and motivate the real decisionmaking processes in politics, economics, and so forth.

Psychoanalytic Thinking on Religious Truth and Conviction

2018 ◽  
pp. 552-570
Author(s):  
Rachel B. Blass
Keyword(s):  
Religious Belief ◽  
World View ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Religious Believer ◽  
World Views ◽  
Freudian Psychoanalysis ◽  
Religious Truth ◽  
The World

While Freudian psychoanalysis is famous for its negative evaluation of religion, many contemporary analytic schools reject this view, regarding religion positively. Interestingly, both critical and positive psychoanalytic approaches to religion are based on the idea that religious belief is an illusion. This chapter explores these approaches, their development, and the thinking that underlies them especially in relation to the notion of truth and the personal quest for it. It sheds light on the complexity of Freud’s thinking on truth and conviction and draws attention to a neglected dimension that is crucial to his understanding of religion. The chapter points to the fact that despite fundamental differences, the Freudian world view has more affinity with that of the religious believer than commonly thought. In turn, the world views of the psychoanalytic schools which have regarded religion positively are actually opposed to those of most believers.

scholarly journals Pandangan Dunia Pengarang dalam Novel 1Q84 Karya Murakami

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rizky Afrillah ◽  
Ely Triasih Rahayu ◽  
Dian Bayu Firmansyah ◽  
Eko Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
World View ◽  
World Views ◽  
Religious People ◽  
Research Technique ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This researches disscuses author’s world view in 1Q84, a novel by Haruki Murakami using Goldmann genetic structuralism analyses. The purpose of this researches is author world views in that novel. Research method being used is descriptive qualitative. Data collect method being used are “Simak catat” technique and also library research technique. The result of this research shown that Murakami’s world views that he expressed in this novel is negative views about religious people.

scholarly journals Aesthetics and the African Women’s Lives Drama

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Edeh, Peter Daniel
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
African Woman ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Peaceful Coexistence ◽  
The West ◽  
World Views ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Other World

<p><em>The philosophy that deals with the theory of beauty and ugliness is called Aesthetics. It examines the creation, appreciation, evaluation, interpretation and critique of works of art. In the same vein African women’s live drama appreciates, creates, evaluates, criticizes, interprets and expresses her feelings with regards to the works of arts as it is viewed expressed in the live style of every woman. This paper identifies among others, crops of women, moderate and radical women as well as orthodox or traditional women who accept the traditional position of women but press for peaceful coexistence in spite of men and women distinction. It takes cognisance of the wind of modernity from the west as it affects the African woman. This paper is a critical examination of Aesthetics and the African women’s world view and in appreciation of other world views. While the paper identifies certain problems in women’s lives drama generally it concludes with possible suggestion as it lays much emphasis on African culture and tradition for African Aesthetics. </em></p>

scholarly journals Interpretation and Overinterpretation of Ja’far Ibn Hasan Al-Barzanji’s Mawlid Al-Barzanji

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Fadlil Munawwar Mashur
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Response ◽  
World Views ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
Common World ◽  
Reading Interpretation

This article examines the use of interpretation and overinterpretation in understanding Ja’far ibn Hasan al-Barzanji’s text, Mawlid al-Barzanji, one of the religious literatures in Indonesia. The results of the study indicate that Mawlid Al-Barzanji which contain majesty, miracles, prayer, and profound love for the Prophet is widely responded by Indonesian Muslims through the process of reading, interpretation, and appreciation. Such widespread acceptance is due to the fulfillment of interpretation requirements which requires the existence of a common world view between author and reader or interpreter. On the other hand, overinterpretation occurs when the text of Mawlid Al-Barzanji is interpreted by those who have different world views as a result of different religious ideas and religious ideologies. Such overinterpretation invites negative response, ideological prejudice, and rejection of some parts of Al-Barzanji text by those who identify themselves as a salafi group.

Coexistence de croyances pentecôtistes et de croyances coutumières mayas

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Hermesse
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
World Views ◽  
The World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hurricane Stan

The author aims at analyzing the relationship of the Mayan and the Evangelical Pentecostal world views experienced by pentecostalized Maya Mam natives of Quetzaltenango County, Guatemala. While their conversion to and membership of a Pentecostal Church suggests the enunciation of a discourse at odds with their Mayan ancestral faiths, analysis of their utterances explaining the catastrophic passage of hurricane Stan brings nuances to the frame of analysis that fences off these faiths. Their social membership of the Pentecostal Church has not completely eliminated their faith in the effectiveness of the rites carried out by shamans or an interpretation of the world drawing on the inherited world view of earlier Mayas.

Robert Boyle’s Corpuscular Chemistry: Atomism before Its Time

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Chalmers
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
New World ◽  
World View ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
World Views ◽  
Experimental Practice ◽  
Modern Chemistry ◽  
Matter Theory

In her important and pioneering work on Robert Boyle’s contributions to chemistry Marie Boas Hall (Boas 1958; and Hall 1965, 81–93) portrayed Boyle’s advances as being tied up with and facilitated by his adoption of the new world view, the mechanical or corpuscular philosophy, as opposed to Aristotelian or Paracelsian philosophies or world views. In recent decades such a reading has been challenged. Historians of chemistry such as Frederic L. Holmes (1989), Ursula Klein (1994, 1995, 1996) and Mi Gyung Kim (2003) have portrayed modern chemistry as emerging in the seventeenth century by way of a path closely tied to technological and experimental practice and relatively independent of overarching philosophies or world views. Such a perspective raises questions about how productive Boyle’s attempts to wed chemistry and the mechanical philosopher were as far as the emergence of modern chemistry is concerned. This is the issue I will investigate. In recent work on Boyle’s chemistry William Newman (2006) has also taken issue with what he calls the “traditional accounts,” especially that of Hall. Newman’s quarrel with the traditional accounts is the extent to which they read Boyle’s corpuscular chemistry as emerging out of the atomism of Democritus and Lucretius and its reincarnations in the hands of early mechanical philosophers such as Descartes and Gassendi, neglecting a corpuscular tradition that has its origins in Aristotle’s Meteorology. In a range of detailed and pioneering studies Newman (1991, 1996, 2001, 2006) has documented the elaboration of the latter tradition in the works of the thirteenth century author known as Geber and its passage to Boyle, especially via Daniel Sennert, a Wittenburg professor of medicine in the early seventeenth century. While Newman’s work has led to a substantial and significant re-evaluation of the sources of Boyle’s corpuscular chemistry there is a sense in which he does not break from the “traditional” view insofar as he reads the revolutionary aspects of Boyle’s chemistry in terms of a change from an Aristotelian to a mechanical matter theory.

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