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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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186937

Philosophy, world views and religion

Abdullah Kaygi

pp. 369-383

Abstract

World views are a kind of attempts to explain the world as a whole, whereas philosophy – as the "love of wisdom" – incorporates wisdom into the performance of all human activities. To be wise, act and live wisely, does not necessarily presuppose any religious or other explanation of the world as a whole, though in a society there might be various connections between the various ways of behaving and an explanation of the world class="EmphasisTypeItalic ">as a whole. In a society where certain existing rules derived from the world views that prevail often lead to wrong action, it is necessary to use wisdom as a guide to behaviour.

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Published in:

Fløistad Guttorm (2010) Philosophy of religion. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 369-383

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3527-1_17

Full citation:

Kaygi Abdullah (2010) „Philosophy, world views and religion“, In: G. Fløistad (ed.), Philosophy of religion, Dordrecht, Springer, 369–383.