The Inherited World-Picture
“But I did not get my picture of the world by satisfying myself of its correctness; nor do I have it because I am satisfied of its correctness. No: it is the inherited background against which I distinguish between true and false.” This is one of the most profound observations in On Certainty. Our worldview (Weltbild) is not something we chose after careful verification — it was absorbed, inherited, taken on without explicit consent or evaluation. ...