“HOW MANY WORLDVIEWS ARE THERE?” (MULTIPLE WORLDS: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF COGNITIVE TYPOLOGY)

“HOW MANY WORLDVIEWS ARE THERE?” (MULTIPLE WORLDS: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF COGNITIVE TYPOLOGY)

Author:  Postovalova V.I.

Abstract: 
The study presents a cognitive anthropological outlook on the problem of multiple world representations. It puts forward the idea of a cognitive activity-oriented categorization approach which serves to reveal the origin and multitude of worldviews construed within the typological space of human culture.

Keywords:  anthropology ◆ cognitive construal ◆ representations of the world ◆ worldview ◆ typological space ◆ differentiation and numeration