Worldviews and Philosophical Capital - An exploratory introduction

Education about worldviews, lifestances and inter-lifestance dialogue is increasingly considered to be valuable for various institutions.Such engagement at the very least can inform and/or can alter the
way one deals with the world on a daily basis. Education about lifestances and worldviews often allow the individual to get their minds around certain things or to look upon the world from a different perspective. In a way, it offers coping strategies for an ever changing world. Indeed, there is a personal as well as educational or emancipatory value connected to lifestances and worldviews. It makes it possible for the individual to alter his/her way of life, its stance, its priorities: its value(s). In this sense,
one might be tempted to draw an analogy with the famous concept of social capital.[12] One could say a similar thing about the education in worldview and lifestance-aspects: knowledge about and engagement with worldviews can have value in itself. In this sense, we could speak about philosophical capital. In this paper, we introduce the exploratory idea of philosophical capital

Publication year:2015

Keywords:education, philosophy, philosophical capital

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