The concept of worldview is quite ambiguous in modern humanities. Philosophers and scholars insist that there is such a spiritual or cognitive basis of each people, person or language, which finds its expression in the way they behave, think, or speak. Current Russian-speaking colleagues hold that there are different levels or types of worldview (such as mythological, religious, and scientific). All this testifies that the term of worldview lacks preciseness either in Russian and in foreign discourse. The main task of the article is to justify the possibility of a different approach to the study of worldview as a special phenomenon. The question can be raised of what exactly we analyze when dealing with worldview. The author is convinced that it would be better to work with the concept of worldview not as “what”, but rather as “how”. In developing his argument, the author focuses on three main aspects of the issue: (1) the accuracy in describing and conceiving worldview as the issue of philosophy; (2) the his
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-290
JournalВестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Философия и конфликтология
Volume36
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • anthropological turn, Bernhard Groethuysen, Heinrich Gomperz, philosophy as a rigorous science, typology of worldview, worldview, worldview as the issue of philosophy, worldview studies, антропологический поворот, Бернард Грётуйзен, Генрих Гомперц, исследование мировоззрений, мировоззрение, мировоззрение как проблема философии, типология мировоззрений, философия как строгая наука

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