V. The Four Factors: Producing a Western Model of Science
Implementing the Four Factors, Worldview, and Philosophy based on Western Cultural Tendencies, enables us to understand the origin of a Western Cultural Model of Science. This section will construct a house to illustrate the flow of these combined elements.
1. Western Science: Primary Source of Reliable Knowledge
Employing the tools of Worldview and Philosophy allows us to understand how the Four Factors—Theory, Habit, Prejudice, and Culture—come together to produce a particular Model of Science. Cultural Tendencies provide the ground work on which to build. The next phase is to choose a Primary Source of Reliable Knowledge to serve as the Foundation (First Floor) and source for forming our belief system.
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2. Western Science: Four Columns of Basic Beliefs
The grounds of Cultural Tendencies have been accounted for, and the Primary Source of Reliable Knowledge Foundation has been chosen; we now establish the Four Columns of our Basic Beliefs.
3. Western Science: Theoretical System of Thought, Methods Selected
The grounded Cultural Tendencies, the Primary Source of Reliable Knowledge Foundation, and the Four Columns of Basic Beliefs are firmly in place; the second floor, the Theoretical System of Thought, is constructed, and three columns are selected as the best Methods of extracting reliable knowledge from the chosen source.
4. Western Science: Scientific Models of Origins or Origins of Scientific Models?
The third floor of this structure identifies the Welt-modell as the Western Science Model of Origins. At this stage of the building project, a museum curator reveals the model's origin with unexpected discoveries.
5. Western Science: Managing the Resources and Conclusion
Employing the two available Resources, the Western Science Model explains the origin of the universe, life, and man. Upon the completion of the Model, a Scientific conclusion is drawn from the underlying structure. This conclusion though was pre-determined by the beliefs of the ground floor.
6. Western Science: Conclusion Consistent with Western Cultural Tendencies
This lecture reviews the completed house with all of its components and re-examines Richard Dawkins's quote that reflects his Theory, Habit, Prejudice and Culture.
VI. The Four Factors: Producing a Non-Western Model of Science.
Now taking a Non-Western Cultural Perspective, we see the origin of a Non-Western Model of Science.


1. Non-Western Science: Setting the Stage.
Using the tools of Worldview and Philosophy, and considering the four factors of Stephen Jay Gould, we begin the model constructing process again but this time based on Non-Western Cultural tendencies.
2. Non-Western Science: Source of Reliable Knowledge and Basic Beliefs Established.
Again to build a model of science we begin with choosing the source of Reliable Knowledge from which we will extract the Basic Beliefs necessary that will guide the whole process. This lecture covers that process.
3. Non-Western Science: Methods Selected.
Once the foundational source of Reliable Knowledge is chosen and the Basic Beliefs established, this forms a Philosophy or system to proceed developing the model. We then move on to the methods employed to gain Reliable Knowledge. The methods must agree with the source and Basic Beliefs previously chosen. In this lecture we cover the first method.
4. Non-Western Science: Methods Selected.
In this lecture we continue with establishing the methods, because of using a Revealed source of Reliable Knowledge the documentation is more extensive for each method established. This lecture covers the second method used.
5. Non-Western Science: Methods Selected.
This lecture covers the third and last method employed to gain Reliable Knowledge in the Non-Western Cultural Tendency model of science.
6. Non-Western Science: Implemented.
The sum total of the foundation, Basic Beliefs, and Methods, give us the necessary structure to form a model of science that reflects the biases of Theory, Habit, Prejudice, and Culture of this particular structure. This house produces the Non-Western Creator/Creation Model Of Science. So what resources does this model have available to explain the world around us?
I. Other Scientific Models Of Origins:
Attempts to Blend The Non-Western With The Western.
Now we are going to look at some Scientific models that try to blend the Non-Western Cultural Tendencies with the Western Cultural Tendencies. Can it be done and still produce a Scientific Model that is coherent to its source of Reliable Knowledge and Basic Beliefs?
II. A Scientific Model and it's Consequences on Culture.
We now take a look at some other possible options for modeling science and then observe the consequences a scientific model has on the Basic Beliefs of a culture.