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- noun a person's or a group's
conception ,philosophy orview of theworld ; aworldview
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Their weltanschauung is a tangle of conceptual binaries, self-affirming inferences, and prior assumptions that treat image as reality.
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The word weltanschauung appears so useful that English has borrowed the original form and also made a loan translation: world view.
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Believe me, I can find dozens of quotes from dozens of prominent historians that promote the same weltanschauung.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010
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In essence, this really says 'give up hope' for the most doctrinaire since they will struggle (consciously and unconsciously with the Confirmation Bias) to come up with ways information reinforces their position and deride/denigrate anything that doesn't fit (and fulfill) their weltanschauung.
A. Siegel: Debunk Me! Debunk Me! "Lean, Mean, and Easy to Read..." A. Siegel 2011
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In what follows, I wish to discuss those metaphysical ideas that underlie a great Gothic cathedral, and consider the theology and weltanschauung that informed the medieval master mason.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 1 2009
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If you do, ask yourself why, as it would not seem to effectively square with the non-believer's weltanschauung.
Rabbi Adam Jacobs: The God Test: Why Really Everyone Believes Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2011
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In essence, this really says 'give up hope' for the most doctrinaire since they will struggle (consciously and unconsciously with the Confirmation Bias) to come up with ways information reinforces their position and deride/denigrate anything that doesn't fit (and fulfill) their weltanschauung.
A. Siegel: Debunk Me! Debunk Me! "Lean, Mean, and Easy to Read..." A. Siegel 2011
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In essence, this really says 'give up hope' for the most doctrinaire since they will struggle (consciously and unconsciously with the Confirmation Bias) to come up with ways information reinforces their position and deride/denigrate anything that doesn't fit (and fulfill) their weltanschauung.
A. Siegel: Debunk Me! Debunk Me! "Lean, Mean, and Easy to Read..." A. Siegel 2011
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For the very prolific Grooms has a compassionate-but-absurdist weltanschauung that allows us to view ourselves -- foibles & eccentricities -- with gentle humor.
Jill Lynne: Red Grooms and "Moi"-- Art That Makes You Smile Jill Lynne 2011
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If you do, ask yourself why, as it would not seem to effectively square with the non-believer's weltanschauung.
Rabbi Adam Jacobs: The God Test: Why Really Everyone Believes Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2011
angharad commented on the word weltanschauung
worldview
December 2, 2006