philosopher Alan Watts contended that for millenia
we in the West have used a particular conceptual
model to understand our world

it is a model so much a part of us, so built into our
language, culture, and way of thinking, that we don't
recognize it for what it is -

just a model, image, or representation

Watts called it - The Ceramic Model of the Universe

it is a model in which the world is seen to be an
artifact, a creation, made by a God, who is a
technician working from a Divine Plan

for example, Adam of the Book of Genesis, was
made by God "from the dust of the Earth"

Watts contended,

"and so in this way, we inherit a conception of
ourselves as being artifacts, as being made; and
it is perfectly natural in our culture for a child
to ask its mother, 'How was i made?' "

in contrast to the Ceramic Model, Watts held that
Eastern cultures have used an alternative model to
understand the world; one in which the world is seen
as something that grows and evolves

Watts describes the Ceramic Model in the video
below