@misc{cogprints6094, month = {June}, title = {What is a worldview?}, author = {Cl{\'e}ment Vidal}, year = {2008}, note = {Published in Dutch. }, journal = {De wetenschappen en het creatieve aspect van de werkelijkheid}, keywords = {worldview, problem-solving, systems theory, integrative worldview, scientific worldview}, url = {http://cogprints.org/6094/}, abstract = {The first part of this paper proposes a precise definition of what a worldview is, and why there is a necessity to have one. The second part suggests how to construct integrated scientific worldviews. For this attempt, three general scientific approaches are proposed: the general systems theory as the endeavor for a universal language for science, a general problem-solving approach and the idea of evolution, broadly construed. We close with some remarks about limitations of scientific worldviews.} }