?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Enduring+Philosophical+Agenda.+Worldview+Construction+as+a+Philosophical+Method%0A&rft.creator=Vidal%2C+Cl%C3%A9ment&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=Is+there+something+like+a+philosophical+method%3F+It+seems+that+there+are+as+many+methods+as+there+are+philosophies.+A+method+is+any+procedure+employed+to+attain+a+certain+end.+So%2C+before+going+to+a+method%2C+we+have+to+ask%3A+what+is+the+aim+of+philosophy%3F%0AAt+the+origin+of+philosophy%2C+there+is+a+questioning+about+the+world.+Leo+Apostel+and+Jan+Van+der+Veken+made+more+precise+and+explicit+those+fundamental+questions+(Apostel%2C+Van+der+Veken+1991).+The+primarily+aim+of+philosophy+can+be+seen+as+answering+this+philosophical+agenda%3B+with+the+answers%2C+one+come+up+with+a+worldview.+We'll+argue+that+the+philosophical+worldviews+constitute+a+particular+class+of+the+possible+worldviews.+With+the+help+of+three+analogies%2C+we'll+give+some+guidelines+to+construct+such+worldviews.+But%2C+what+are+the+best+philosophical+worldviews%3F+We'll+see+how+we+can+compare+and+confront+them%3B+and+also+some+problems+for+their+diffusion.+The+last+section+will+propose+some+basic+hypotheses+to+build+such+integrative+worldviews.+&rft.date=2007-02&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5408%2F1%2Fvidal2007-wp.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vidal%2C+Cl%C3%A9ment++(2007)+An+Enduring+Philosophical+Agenda.+Worldview+Construction+as+a+Philosophical+Method.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5408%2F