The Philosophical Aspects of Culture



ED NICHOLS’ MODEL FOR

THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF CULTURE

Adapted by Karen Trader

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|HISTORICAL WORLD VIEWS: |VALUES |ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE OR EPISTEMOLOGY |LOGIC SYSTEM OR ONTOLOGY: THE NATURE |PROCESS |

| | | |OF REALITY | |

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|ETHNIC GROUPS: | | | | |

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|EUROPEAN |PERSON-OBJECT |COGNITIVE |BINARY |TECHNOLOGY |

|EURO-AMERICAN |The highest value lies in the |One knows through counting and measuring |Either/or; Standardization; |All sets are repeatable and |

| |object or acquisition of the object| |codification; precision; uniformity |reproducible |

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|AFRICANS |PERSON-PERSON |AFFECT/EMOTIONAL |UNIONAL |INTERRELATIONAL |

|AFRICAN/AMERICANS |The highest value lies in the |One knows through symbolic imagery and |Thematic, approximate popular |All sets are interrelated through |

|NATIVE AMERICANS |interpersonal relationships between|through rhythm |improvisation; resistance to |human and spiritual networks |

|HISPANIC |people | |conformity; freedom | |

|ASIAN | | | | |

|ASIAN /AMERICAN |PERSON-GROUP |INTUIT |KNOWING |COSMOLOGY |

|NATIVE AMERICAN |The highest value lies in the |One knows through striving toward |The objective world is conceived |All sets are independently |

| |cohesiveness of the group |transcendence |independent of thought and mind |interrelated in the harmony of the |

| | | | |universe |

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