World
The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world as one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of parts.In scientific cosmology, the world or universe is commonly defined as "[t]he totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be". Theories of modality talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. Phenomenology, starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the "horizon of all horizons". In philosophy of mind, the world is contrasted with the mind as that which is represented by the mind.
Theology conceptualizes the world in relation to God, for example, as God's creation, as identical to God or as the two being interdependent. In religions, there is a tendency to downgrade the material or sensory world in favor of a spiritual world to be sought through religious practice. A comprehensive representation of the world and our place in it, as is found in religions, is known as a worldview. Cosmogony is the field that studies the origin or creation of the world while eschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world.
In various contexts, the term "world" takes a more restricted meaning associated, for example, with the Earth and all life on it, with humanity as a whole or with an international or intercontinental scope. In this sense, world history refers to the history of humanity as a whole and world politics is the discipline of political science studying issues that transcend nations and continents. Other examples include terms such as "world religion", "world language", "world government", "world war", "world population", "world economy", or "world championship". Provided by Wikipedia
201
Published: 2011.
Superior document: South Asia development matters
Links: Get full text
202
Published: c2010.
Links: Get full text
203
Published: c2010.
Superior document: Environment and development
Links: Get full text
204
Published: c2009.
Superior document: A World Bank country study,
Links: Get full text
205
Published: 2009.
Links: Get full text
206
Published: c2010.
Links: Get full text
207
Published: c2009.
Superior document: MENA development report
Links: Get full text
208
Published: c2010.
Superior document: World Bank working paper ; no. 174
Links: Get full text
209
Published: 2009.
Links: Get full text
210
Published: 2009.
Links: Get full text
211
Published: c2011.
Superior document: Directions in development : human development
Links: Get full text
212
Published: 2011.
Links: Get full text
213
Published: c2011.
Links: Get full text
214
Published: 2007.
Links: Get full text
215
Published: 2008.
Links: Get full text
216
Published: 2008.
Links: Get full text
217
Published: 2008.
Links: Get full text
218
Published: c2009.
Links: Get full text
219
Published: c2010.
Superior document: World development report, 2010
Links: Get full text
220
Published: c2011.
Links: Get full text