What is your world view?

[Aule]

http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=23320

You scored as Materialist.

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Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.

Materialist 100%
Postmodernist 88%
Romanticist 75%
Modernist 69%
Existentialist 56%
Idealist 31%
Cultural Creative 25%
Fundamentalist 13%

[Geist]

Nice test and probably got me spot on:

ou scored as Postmodernist.

Postmodernism is the belief in complete open interpretation. You see the universe as a collection of information with varying ways of putting it together. There is no absolute truth for you; even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation. Meaning relies on context and even the language you use to describe things should be subject to analysis.

Postmodernist 88%

Existentialist 63%

Modernist 63%

Materialist 56%

Romanticist 56%

Cultural Creative 50%

Fundamentalist 38%

Idealist 13%

[Banat]

I didn't like the test. I didn't feel comfortable with many of the questions.

You scored as Idealist.

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Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd
mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge
over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus
creating our world of turmoil, but in time it will find itself and all things will again become
one.

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[Sinclair]

Materialist.

[jcs]

You scored as Postmodernist.

Postmodernism is the belief in complete open interpretation. You see the universe as a collection of information with varying ways of putting it together. There is no absolute truth for you; even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation. Meaning relies on context and even the language you use to describe things should be subject to analysis.

Postmodernist
88%
Cultural Creative
81%
Fundamentalist
50%
Romanticist
44%
Idealist
38%
Modernist
38%
Materialist
31%
Existentialist
25%

"There is no absolute truth."
I disagree. There is most definitely truth; our definition of 'truth' in the logocentric sense is etymologically unsound. There is no absolute 'correctness.' Truth, definitionally, can be neither absolute nor relative; truth is revelation.

"even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation"
Why interpret facts? Leave 'fact'-based binary thought to scientists and other metaphysicians.

[Geist]

"There is no absolute truth."
I disagree. There is most definitely truth; our definition of 'truth' in the logocentric sense is etymologically unsound. There is no absolute 'correctness.' Truth, definitionally, can be neither absolute nor relative; truth is revelation.


Have you been reading Heidegger?

[jcs]

Have you been reading Heidegger?
Just a bittle lit.

[raven]

You scored as Postmodernist.

Postmodernism is the belief in complete open interpretation. You see the universe as a collection of information with varying ways of putting it together. There is no absolute truth for you; even the most hardened facts are open to interpretation. Meaning relies on context and even the language you use to describe things should be subject to analysis.

Postmodernist 69%
Existentialist 69%
Cultural Creative 63%
Modernist 50%
Romanticist 50%
Materialist 44%
Idealist 31%
Fundamentalist 31%

I got Postmodernist through a tie breaker question.

[Geist]

Just a bittle lit.

Just the revelation bit as regards truth.

[jcs]

Just the revelation bit as regards truth.
Pretty much. Going to take another shot at Being and Time sometime soon. When someone says 'being' 8 times in one sentence, I get a little confused (perhaps because I'm not a good reader--I read too quickly, too impatiently). Strangely, though, I've noticed that I've started to understand Heidegger sort of on my own, in that I haven't contemplated what he wrote much since setting down B&T confused as hell, but find myself, upon re-glancing at his writings (and reading simplified explainations of his ideas), saying, "Goddammit, I thought I thought of that on my own." Takes time for truth to fully 'unconceal' itself to an individual after one's initial encounter with truth, it would seem. ;)

[Hakluyt]

You scored as Cultural Creative.

Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.

Cultural Creative
81%
Romanticist
75%
Materialist
63%
Modernist
56%
Postmodernist
56%
Idealist
56%
Existentialist
38%
Fundamentalist
31%

[Eisenhans]

Ah-a result for a National Socialist!

You scored as Romanticist.

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Romanticism encourages society to look backwards to find our solutions. Your rationale is that things were much better a few hundred years ago so we should thus look back to those times and replace them in our modern society. You believe in a simple life and that the complexities of the modern world have turned it upside down.

Romanticist 100%

Fundamentalist 75%

Modernist 69%

Cultural Creative 69%

Postmodernist 63%

Materialist 50%

Existentialist 44%

Idealist 25%

[Geist]

Pretty much. Going to take another shot at Being and Time sometime soon. When someone says 'being' 8 times in one sentence, I get a little confused (perhaps because I'm not a good reader--I read too quickly, too impatiently). Strangely, though, I've noticed that I've started to understand Heidegger sort of on my own, in that I haven't contemplated what he wrote much since setting down B&T confused as hell, but find myself, upon re-glancing at his writings (and reading simplified explainations of his ideas), saying, "Goddammit, I thought I thought of that on my own." Takes time for truth to fully 'unconceal' itself to an individual after one's initial encounter with truth, it would seem. ;)

Yeah he is difficult but once you cut through the terminology you find he is saying more or less very obvious things, things that are more intuitive and harder to grasp through language, he does after all say grammar blocks access to the truth.

[Roland]

Pretty much. Going to take another shot at Being and Time sometime soon. When someone says 'being' 8 times in one sentence, I get a little confused (perhaps because I'm not a good reader--I read too quickly, too impatiently). Strangely, though, I've noticed that I've started to understand Heidegger sort of on my own, in that I haven't contemplated what he wrote much since setting down B&T confused as hell, but find myself, upon re-glancing at his writings (and reading simplified explainations of his ideas), saying, "Goddammit, I thought I thought of that on my own." Takes time for truth to fully 'unconceal' itself to an individual after one's initial encounter with truth, it would seem.

Heidegger is certainly elusive and probably should be read in German. I don't speak German, though.

I recommend starting with his lecture "The Concept of Time" (Der Begriff der Zeit) (not the book entitled "History of the Concept of Time") Here he addresses Dasein and the formation of "the one" in "everydayness" rather lucidly, or as lucidly as is possible for Heidegger.

His "Introduction to Metaphysics" is what I'm attempting to tackle right now. In this he points to the central question of Metaphysics.

I tried reading "Being and Time" and became incredibly lost. I have returned to these simpler, expository texts. I think that if one is to understand Heidegger, one must have a good grasp of ancient Greek thought, German philosophy and some understanding of Husserl.

[Lenny]

You scored as Romanticist.

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Romanticism encourages society to look backwards to find our solutions. Your rationale is that things were much better a few hundred years ago so we should thus look back to those times and replace them in our modern society. You believe in a simple life and that the complexities of the modern world have turned it upside down.

Romanticist 88%
Cultural Creative 69%
Fundamentalist 63%
Idealist 56%
Postmodernist 50%
Existentialist 31%
Modernist 19%
Materialist 19%

[jcs]

Heidegger is certainly elusive and probably should be read in German. I don't speak German, though.

I recommend starting with his lecture "The Concept of Time" (Der Begriff der Zeit) (not the book entitled "History of the Concept of Time") Here he addresses Dasein and the formation of "the one" in "everydayness" rather lucidly, or as lucidly as is possible for Heidegger.

His "Introduction to Metaphysics" is what I'm attempting to tackle right now. In this he points to the central question of Metaphysics.

I tried reading "Being and Time" and became incredibly lost. I have returned to these simpler, expository texts. I think that if one is to understand Heidegger, one must have a good grasp of ancient Greek thought, German philosophy and some understanding of Husserl.
His lectures on Nietzsche were insightful and easy to grasp (of course, I'm pretty familiar with Nietzsche). The collection of his works called 'Basic Concepts' wasn't too difficult either. Interestingly, I found his later writings more understandable.

[Geist]

Yeah he kinda lapsed into clear language in his later works, I think its because he'd done a lot of the heavy lifting he wanted to do earlier.

[Walpurgisnachtstraum]

You scored as Romanticist.

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Romanticist 97%

Fundamentalist 75%

Cultural Creativ 60%

Idealist 60%

Existentialist 25%

Modernist 0%

Materialist 0%

Postmodernist 0%

[Ambrosio Spinola]

Phew!...Thank The Gods I got it right! :D

You scored as Romanticist.

Romanticism encourages society to look backwards to find our solutions. Your rationale is that things were much better a few hundred years ago so we should thus look back to those times and replace them in our modern society. You believe in a simple life and that the complexities of the modern world have turned it upside down.

Romanticist 94%
Cultural Creative 69%
Modernist 69%
Idealist 63%
Materialist 56%
Existentialist 56%
Postmodernist 50%
Fundamentalist 44%

[Ace Rimmer]

Romanticist 88%

Idealist 75%

Fundamentalist 50%

Postmodernist 50%

Existentialist 44%

Cultural Creative 38%

Modernist 19%

Materialist 6%

[Petyr Baelish]

You scored as Existentialist.



Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.

Existentialist 100%

Modernist 75%

Materialist 75%

Idealist 75%

Fundamentalist 25%

Cultural Creative 25%

Postmodernist 6%

Romanticist 0%

[Anarch]

You scored as Romanticist.

Romanticism encourages society to look backwards to find our solutions. Your rationale is that things were much better a few hundred years ago so we should thus look back to those times and replace them in our modern society. You believe in a simple life and that the complexities of the modern world have turned it upside down.

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Romanticist 63%
Materialist 63%
Fundamentalist 56%
Modernist 56%
Cultural Creative 44%
Existentialist 44%
Postmodernist 44%
Idealist 13%

[Anima Eternae]

Anarch = Lucifer? What?

[Anarch]

Yes, that's right.

[il ragno]

You scored as Cultural Creative.

Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.

Cultural Creative 94%
Romanticist 56%
Existentialist 50%
Modernist 44%
Materialist 38%
Postmodernist 38%
Idealist 38%
Fundamentalist 25%

Seems pretty accurate. But then whadd'I know?