World Views and the Problem of Synthesis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. In Search of an Integrated View on the Whole of Reality: Introducing the Worldview Project

   • Jan Van der Veken

   Pages 1-10

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3. Symmetry and Symmetry-Breaking in the Philosophy and Thinking of Leo Apostel

   • Hubert Van Belle

   Pages 11-15

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4. Why Not Nothing?

   • Leo Apostel

   Pages 17-49

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5. Leo Apostel’s World Views Program in the Perspective of His Causal Ontology a Critical Appraisal

   • Diderik Batens, Wim Christiaens

   Pages 51-70

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6. “The Structures of Knowledge, or How Many Ways May We Know?”

   • Immanuel Wallerstein

   Pages 71-77

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7. Discourses of Globalisation and World Views

   • Robert Maier

   Pages 79-94

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8. The Game of The Biomousa: A View of Discovery and Creation

   • Diederik Aerts

   Pages 95-125

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9. The Seven Keys of Any World View

   • Fons Elders

   Pages 127-143

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10. Buddhism as Part of a Global Understanding of Reality

    • Frans Goetghebeur

    Pages 145-156

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11. Synthesizing Four Ideals of Humanity

    • Tetsunori Koizumi

    Pages 157-168

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12. Kantian Metaphysics and Cognitive Science

    • Hugh Clapin

    Pages 169-186

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13. Synthesising Constructivism and Critical Realism: Towards Critical Pluralism

    • John Mingers

    Pages 187-204

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14. Science and the Human: Complementarity as Reconciliation

    • Yoav Ben-Dov

    Pages 205-215

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15. Conditions and Features of Unity Concepts in Science

    • Vladimir Kuznetsov

    Pages 217-228

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16. Beyond ‘Einstein’, ‘Magritte’, and ‘Quine’

    • Philip L. Peterson

    Pages 229-250

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17. Not Even Classical Mechanics is Mechanistic

    • Horst-Heino von Borzeszkowski, Renate Wahsner

    Pages 251-262

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18. The Synergetic World View and Its Synthetic Value

    • Helena Knyazeva

    Pages 263-271

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19. Prospectus for Polyscopic Modeling

    • Dino Karabeg

    Pages 273-294

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20. Polyscopic Study of a Basic Cultural Pattern

    • Dino Karabeg

    Pages 295-316

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This book considers philosophy to be more than mere reflection. Through philosophy, humankind can give meaning to the world. In part, this book re-evaluates the philosophy of Leo Apostel, who dedicated his life to the investigation of the use of philosophy in everyday life. But it is also a presentation of international research carried out along the lines of the worldviews project. The contributions address not only professional philosophers, but also students, teachers, academics and everyone interested in the relationship between philosophy and the world.

• Immanuel Kant
• constructivism
• knowledge
• metaphysics
• ontology
• philosophy

• Brussels Free University, Belgium

  Diederik Aerts

• VZW Worldviews, Belgium

  Hubert Belle

• Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

  Jan Veken

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