Editing Worldview (section)

{{short description|Fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society}}
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A '''worldview''' (also '''world-view'''; or {{Langx|de|Weltanschauung}}) is said to be the fundamental [[cognitive]] orientation of an individual or society encompassing the whole of the individual's or society's [[knowledge]], [[culture]], and [[Point of view (philosophy)|point of view]].<ref name="Ken Funk">{{cite web |url=http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/Personal/worldview.html |title=What is a Worldview? |last1= Funk |first1= Ken |date=2001-03-21 |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> However, when two parties view the same real world phenomenon, their worldviews may differ, one including elements that the other does not.

A worldview can include [[natural philosophy]]; fundamental, existential, and [[normative]] postulates; or themes, values, emotions, and ethics.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Gary B. |last1=Palmer |title=Toward A Theory of Cultural Linguistics |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=1996 |page=114 |isbn=978-0-292-76569-6}}</ref>