THINKING LIKE A PHILOSOPHER
“WORLDVIEW”
 What are you passionate about?
 What is it about your passion that makes you feel the
way you do?
 Who else shares your passion?
 What are common beliefs/perspectives of those who
share your passion?
“WORLDVIEW”
 Who has positively influenced you the most?
 How have they influenced you?
 What do they believe in? What are their perceptions
on life?
 With which 5 people you think you spend the most
time?
“WORLDVIEW”
 The personal perspective on how we each view the world
around us. Rooted in all that we have experienced during our
lifetime, every individual’s worldview may be valid to oneself.
The actual validity lies in the roots of each individual’s
genuine experiences, which have taken place throughout our
lives. Our worldview forms all of our perceptions on how we
see others and how we see ourselves. Throughout our life, this
perspective manifests itself into branching out and forming our
opinions, self image, assumptions, beliefs and even our
values.
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 The personal perspective on how
we_______________________________________. Rooted in all that we
have ______________________during our lifetime, every individual’s
worldview may be valid to oneself. The actual validity lies in
the roots of each individual’s ______________________________,
which have taken place throughout our lives. Our worldview
forms all of our _______________________on how we see others
and how we see ourselves. Throughout our life, this
perspective manifests itself into branching out and forming our
___________,_______________, _________________, ____________ and even
our ___________________.
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William Golding – LORD OF THE FLIES
2. Daniel Quinn - ISHMAEL
3. Ray Bradbury – FAHRENHEIT 451
 Research their background and analyze what ‘roots’
may have impacted their perspective on human
nature.
 Choose 3 ‘roots’
 Write in your notebook how those roots could
impact their worldview.
1.
“WORLDVIEW” ACTIVITY
-Journal Response
Write a letter to someone telling them their impact on your
worldview OR write a script for an introduction of yourself, similar
to the ones made for President Obama and Mitt Romney, which
describes your worldview.
 Describe how the person or experience has helped shape your
“worldview.”
 Choose at least 2 ways specifically of how this person/experience has
formed your “opinion, self image, assumption, belief and/or value.”
 Goals – To increase awareness and understanding of the impact
‘worldview’ has on our perceptions.
 To be able to empathize with multiple viewpoints on
philosophical issues.
 Format – One page maximum typed, single spaced.