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And it also differes from a hypothesis in that it cannot be tested. In differs in that it is not the result of experimentation. When you have multiple explanations for how the universe came to be, and they all seem equally possible, yet you prefer to believe in one, and the reason why is beyond scientific arguments… then you have a blik.Ī blik is similar to a theory is that it makes sense of the world. Although, I can see it working for cosmological arguments…. Hare is that of something existing but not being physical, since that something is nonphysical, we cannot experiment to confirm or deny it. The original form of a blik described by R. I have to point out that a blik is not simply a belief yet to be tested, but one that cannot. There is also chance for argument between people with different bliks.

It differs from other believes in that the blik - being unfalsiable - is virtually inconsequential except for the worldview of the people that has it, and their behavior.Ī person with a particular blik would gather the same evidence and reach the same conclusions that a person that does not have that blik. Hare is an unfalsiable idea about the world. the word expresses a breadth to the idea while being indifferent on the truth of the matter, and has an emphasis on the actual thought and the experience of thinking it.Ī blik as described by R. One's conception of time, conception of evil. If you must have a general word, I would go with 'Conception.' Especially so because 'conception' has meaning rooted in birth and we are talking about the birth of the universe here.

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So, since cosmogony is a more obscure word, I would say you should feel perfectly free to call the idea your personal cosmology.

'The Cosmology of Anaximander.' In fact, When you google 'the cosmology of.' one of the first things to be suggested is 'the cosmology of the rig veda,' the ancient Indian mystico-religious tract. Yet, cosmology is not exclusively a scientific world, and the word is often used to refer to pre- or non-scientific conceptions of the universe and its origins, i.e. I would go with 'Cosmogony' or 'Cosmology.' Of course, these words are context-dependent, and I am not sure if you are looking for a general word, but there are many analogous words that would be suitable in different contexts.īoth pertain to the origin of the cosmos cosmogony has more mythological overtones, while cosmology has more logical ones.

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