Everyone thinks that only the scientific world view is correct, but the discussion of this paper will prove that the value of this kind of world view is very limited. We need a fake but more valuable metaphysical world view. In the world view of science and Materialism, it can be said that there is only matter, with no place for human and consciousness, all human culture and civilization are smaller than dust. The metaphysical world view should completely change this picture, making thought products like concepts and theories bigger than the objective world. The subjective world and the objective world should form a mutually inclusive dialectical unity relationship. The world view of philosophy is the world view of value, but not the real world view. The contents on the architectural drawings are fake and non-existent in the begining, but very important. Objective things can not directly affect people's decision-making. The philosophical world view should describe the world that affects decision-making. Abstract laws and generalities exist only in the mind. Compared with a specific conclusion, the abstract major premise has greater value. Philosophical world view should be the logical starting point, the biggest premise, of all theoretical deduction. The pyramid of theory is built to know why.
Key Words: Ontology; World view; Metaphysics; Decision-making; Hegel
The theoretical pyramid has different concepts. For example, sparrows, crows and parrots are all birds. These different birds belong to the same hierarchy. Bird is an abstract concept, belonging to a hierarchy above them. Birds, mammals, reptiles, etc. belong to the same hierarchy, they are all animals. Animals, plants and microorganisms belong to the living things hierarchy above them. All living things are systems, all systems are matter. Together, these different levels form a pyramid.
Each level is made up of abstract concepts. The higher up, the more abstract the concepts become. Concepts contain certain commonalities that are shared by every concept at the lower level. For example, the inheritance of living things is governed by the central law, whether animal, plant, or microbe. Thus the properties of the concepts at the lower level can be decuced.
For example, the major premise: All living things obey the inheritance center law;
Minor premise: Animals belong to living things;
Conclusion: Animals obey the inheritance center law.
The third reason why philosophy needs to provide a fake world view is that such a world view should be the logical starting point, the majorest premise, of all theoretical deduction.
We often say that we need to know both the is and the why. What this mean is not only to know the concrete knowledge, but also to have an abstract knowledge, to know how to derive the concrete conclusion from a major premise. For example, in discussing of the essence of life, I have said that knowing how molecular changed to give rise to life is not knowing why, so it cannot solve the mystery of life.[4]
There are many famous philosophical theories in the history of philosophy, some of them are fake worldviews. For example, Plato's theory of ideas and Hegel's logic, etc. The worldview of religious theory is also fake worldview, but most of us moderns know that's fake. Fake worldviews in philosophy are said to be true. Plato sincerely believed that ideas exist objectively. Hegel also sincerely believed that the dialectical movement of reason is objectively real. Their theories are not religion, but rational theoretical study, which is reasonable and does not require blind obedience.
Philosophy should provide such fake worldviews. Therefore, Plato and Hegel enjoy a high reputation in the history of philosophy and are respected as masters of philosophy. Their philosophy are widely circulated around the world and has become classic for all ages. At the same time, their theories have serious errors. They call the fake worldview the real worldview. Therefore, they are doubted and criticized by countless people.
Their critics are right to say that these worldviews are fake and do not exist. But they are wrong when they say that this fake worldview must be discarded. Anti-essentialists don't know that fake worldviews can have positive value, and they don't know that humans need a false worldviews. What we need to do is not to abandon these fake worldviews completely, but to improve them and come up with more valuable fake worldviews. The Dialectical Dualism worldview is a comprehensive improvement of these classic worldviews.