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MENTAL MODEL · M1339

Lifeworld

Lifeworld
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The lifeworld is the pre-scientific, taken-for-granted background of everyday life that serves as the foundation for science and theory.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

psychology

Reduce cognitive load

- Return to common sense: When theory (system) colonizes life (e.g., using KPIs to measure family happiness), people become alienated. One must defend the intuitions and emotions of the lifeworld, which are the last bastion of humanity.

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The lifeworld (Husserl, Schütz, Habermas) refers to the pre-given world of everyday direct experience, unreflected upon, which is the foundation of meaning and communication. It is often colonized by system/instrumental rationality.

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