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851-0154-00L 2 Credits DS , MSC D-GESS

Philosophy – Weltanschauung/Worldview – Science

Philosophie – Weltanschauung – Wissenschaft

Does not take place this semester.
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:21:45

Abstract

"Worldview" as a word in everyday language (which sounds somewhat old-fashioned today) has a wide range of meanings. The term emerged in philosophical contexts a good two hundred years ago; it was and still is used today in the disciplinary self-reflection of philosophy as well as the sciences.

Objective

Gaining insights into the relationship between philosophy, worldview and science, into their historical development and current problems.

Content

"Worldview" as a word in everyday language (which sounds somewhat old-fashioned today) has a wide range of meanings. It can denote a form of sensual perception of the world, but can also be understood in the sense of opinion and conviction; it can express an individual form of consciousness as well as a collective one, the identity-forming orientation system of a certain way of life. The term emerged in philosophical contexts a good two hundred years ago after a premise began to lose its matter-of-course nature, which it still possessed in Immanuel Kant's thinking, namely the assumption that philosophy, as an intellectual activity, is equally oriented towards "wisdom" and "science". The concept was and still is used in the disciplinary self-reflection of philosophy as well as the sciences. Important aspects of the problem history associated with this constellation (which also includes the emergence of "scientific worldviews") are to be developed and discussed on the basis of some texts from Kant to Blumenberg; this not least with the intention of searching for role models and tasks that might be appropriate for philosophy today in the field of tension between science and wisdom, discipline and the search for meaning.

General Information

Language
German
Levels
DS , MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Zwei Punkte (samt Note) gibt es für regelmässige Teilnahme plus Lektüre der Texte und Präsentation eines der Texte in einer Seminarsitzung plus eine schriftliche Hausarbeit in der Länge von 6'000 bis 8'000 Zeichen (incl. Leerschläge).

Registration & Places

Max Places
15

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
seminar Philosophie – Weltanschauung – Wissenschaft
Does not take place this semester.
No time listed 14 h semesterly

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