The word “worldview” comes from German philosophy and literally means an all-inclusive “vision of the world.” Nowadays, the word has a more generic cultural or geopolitical usage, often associated with an equivocal or indefinite meaning. This article looks at the history of the word and clarifies its meaning and implications. For such an analysis, two thinkers, Wilhelm Dilthey and Karl Jaspers, both of whom thematized the concept of Weltanschauung at the beginning of the twentieth century, will be taken into account. What follows is a brief depiction of some peculiar and constitutive traits of the concept: its composite nature; its connection to life; its value in general; and its value for each individual who holds a worldview. The article suggests that the potential conflictuality between contrary or competing worldviews is not accidental; rather, it is an inherent aspect of the concept, at whose core is a delicate balance between internal strength and external challenge, referred to here as “the vitality paradox” of a worldview.

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什么是世界观？概念史的一些建议

“世界观”一词来自德国哲学，字面意思是包罗万象的“世界观”。如今，这个词具有更通用的文化或地缘政治用法，通常与模棱两可或不确定的含义相关联。本文着眼于这个词的历史，并阐明了它的含义和含义。对于这样的分析，两位思想家，威廉·狄尔泰和卡尔·雅斯贝尔斯，他们都将世界观的概念主题化在二十世纪初，将予以考虑。以下是对该概念的一些特殊和构成特征的简要描述：它的复合性质；它与生活的联系；它的一般价值；以及它对每个持有世界观的人的价值。这篇文章表明，相反或相互竞争的世界观之间的潜在冲突并非偶然。相反，它是这个概念的一个内在方面，其核心是内在力量和外在挑战之间的微妙平衡，在这里被称为世界观的“活力悖论”。