History of philosophy In philosophy, the term world has several possible meanings. In some contexts, it refers to everything that makes up reality or the physical universe. In others, it can mean have a specific ontological sense (see world disclosure). While clarifying the concept of world has arguably always been among the basic tasks of Western philosophy, this theme appears to have been raised explicitly only at the start of the twentieth century,
History of philosophy In philosophy, the term world has several possible meanings. In some contexts it refers to everything that makes up reality or the physical universe. In others, it can mean have a specific ontological sense (s,ee world disclosure). While clarifying the concept of world has a,rguably always been among the basic tasks of Western philosophy, this theme appears to have been raised explicitly only at the start of the twentieth century