Philosophy 2024, December

Kierkegaard Soren - philosopher, thinker, seeker. He tried to understand the purpose of man and the essence of faith, and until the end of his life he was sure that he succeeded

In the Acts of St. Luke tells that many of the listeners believed in Jesus Christ at the hour when the Apostle Paul announced his sermon. And one of them was Dionysius the Areopagite. But why did the narrator single him out so much?

More than one generation of philosophers has been arguing about what truth is and whether we even have the right to call it anything. Consider a modern view of this term from different angles

What is cause and effect? This is the ratio of two or more events, characterized by three main criteria. What are the characteristics of cause and effect, and what real-life examples illustrate this relationship?

The teaching of Erasmus of Rotterdam is an example of the so-called transalpine humanism. Many believe that the term "Renaissance" can be attributed to Northern Europe only with a large degree of conventionality. In any case, this direction was not very similar to the Italian Renaissance. The humanists of Northern Europe tried not so much to revive the traditions of antiquity as to understand what the essence of Christianity is

Schopenhauer Arthur: philosopher, writer, teacher. And oddly enough, all this can only be said about the last segment of his life. And before that?

Scientific knowledge is traditionally divided into several groups depending on the breadth of application: this includes particular scientific, general and general scientific methods. Let's consider each of them in more detail

The authorship of the phrase "everything is known in comparison" belongs to the great French Cartesian philosopher Rene Descartes. This is one of those scholars who rejected scholasticism and brought to the fore the power of their own mind, and not the statements of old books. Although there are alternative opinions

Philosophical concepts about human existence, about society and its development, about the state have always followed in parallel with the history of mankind, trying to explain the most incomprehensible events and actions

Reasoning about good and evil, their ambiguity. Everything is painted and disassembled, a few examples are given

In European philosophy, proofs of the existence of God are necessary for understanding the connection between being and thinking. This topic has been troubling the minds of prominent thinkers for thousands of years. This path did not pass by the great German thinker Emmanuel Kant, the founder of German classical philosophy. There are classical proofs for the existence of God. Kant subjected them to scrutiny and severe criticism, while desiring true Christianity, not devoid of reason

Judgment is one of the main forms of human thinking, which is an integral element of any knowledge. Especially if this process is associated with reflections, conclusions and construction of evidence. In logic, a proposition is also defined by the word "proposition"

The age-old question for men is what a woman wants. It is so sharp that it was classified as philosophical. But we, women, are also very interested to know: the dream of every man - what is it?

Probably, each of us strives to stay young and beautiful as long as possible, to reach the maximum heights in our career in our lives and become happy. And what do you need to do every day to achieve all this?

The question of "who rules the world" has occupied the human mind for many centuries. To date, several more or less truthful and almost proven points of view have been formed that can serve as an answer to such an exciting question of the millennium

Nobody ever considers himself bad. And it's nice when you do something good. But it often turns out that only the benefactor likes the deed. Is it true that the road to hell is paved with good intentions?

Everyone at least once in his life got into a situation where a "mouse hanged himself" in the refrigerator, unable to withstand our miserable existence. Peace, only peace! You can always find a way out, even solve the problem of where to get money for free

How to change your life and get out of a beggarly existence to a level worthy of you? Change your mindset to the way rich people think

When the theory of rational egoism begins to be touched upon in the dialogues of philosophers, the name of N. G. Chernyshevsky, a multifaceted and great writer, philosopher, historian, materialist, and critic, involuntarily pops up. Nikolai Gavrilovich absorbed all the best - a strong character, an irresistible zeal for freedom, a clear and rational mind. Chernyshevsky's theory of rational egoism is the next step in the development of philosophy

The spiritual practices available today are not in demand by everyone. In part, this state of affairs is directly related to the desire to replace everything that is given by nature to a person from birth, with stimulants that promise superpowers. But qi energy is the only thing that can give a person superpowers

The sayings of Confucius, the famous Chinese sage and philosopher, are known far beyond the Celestial Empire. Many people who have not read not only the originals, but also translations of his works, nevertheless believe that they know almost everything about him. “As the old man Confucius said, the best new is the old,” said one of the Soviet poets. The fashion for the so-called "Europeanized Confucianism" has not passed since the eighteenth century

Edmund Husserl (years of life - 1859-1938) - a famous German philosopher who is considered the founder of a whole philosophical movement - phenomenology. Thanks to numerous works and teaching activities, he had a great influence both on German philosophy and on the development of this science in many other countries

Vladimir Solovyov was one of the greatest Russian religious thinkers of the late 19th century. He became the author of several concepts and theories (about God-manhood, pan-Mongolism, etc.), which are still studied in detail by Russian philosophers

The story of a man who was nicknamed "the runaway philosopher". Alexander Pyatigorsky was not just a philosopher, he tried to convey what many were afraid to say out loud. For him there were no boundaries and prohibitions. Alexander Mikhailovich is a legendary person among the regulars in intellectual circles

Numerous statements about friendship of sages, writers, politicians and other famous people sometimes amaze with their aphorism, capacity combined with brevity, but they have little in common. Moreover, sometimes these quotes contradict one another. Their emotional fullness wanders between touchingly optimistic and completely gloomy views, expressing complete disbelief in the existence of disinterested relationships between people

Philosophy is a science that will not leave anyone indifferent. No wonder, because it touches every person, raises the most important internal problems. We are all visited by philosophical thoughts, regardless of gender, race and class

The concept of who a "guru" is, and what kind of person is called that, is not known to everyone. Who is this? What is the mission of the guru, what influence does he have in society? You can read about this and much more in the article

Plato made a mental revolution when he managed to demonstrate that in fact three independent worlds coexist: the world of things, the world of ideas and the world of ideas about things and ideas. This approach forced us to consider the usual cosmological hypotheses in a different way. Instead of determining the primary source of life, a description of the world around us and an explanation of how we perceive this world come to the fore

The truth of any knowledge and object can be proven or questioned. The Kantian antinomy, which says that even two opposite hypotheses can be logically substantiated, puts true knowledge in the rank of a mythical animal. Such a beast may not exist at all, and Karamazov's "nothing is true, everything is permitted" should become the highest postulate of human life. But first things first

Marx, Engels were the greatest people of their time, whose ideas are still relevant and in demand

The article analyzes the concepts of "good" and "evil", and as a material one example of good deeds, then another is used

In modern psychological terminology there are many definitions that we do not fully understand. Some have a historical origin, based on the experience gained in the war, in the negotiations; others come from philosophical teachings, therefore they exist outside of time and space. Well, let's take a look at some of them

The future of mankind… This topic has always been considered with great interest within both Eastern and European philosophical traditions. But in the second half of the 20th century, the emphasis shifted sharply: a person began not only to dream of a wonderful future, but also to look for the best ways to achieve it. And on this path, he had a natural question: “Is the future possible in principle?”

Today, there are numerous discussions around the world regarding the various branches of science that explain the world. The object of philosophy is society, often nature or an individual. In other words, the central systems of reality. Science is very multifaceted, so it would be advisable to study all its aspects

Features of the philosophy of modern times are that this era of the development of human thought substantiated the scientific revolution and prepared the Enlightenment. Quite often in the specialized literature there is a statement that it was during this period that the methods of scientific knowledge were developed, namely empiricism, which proclaimed the priority of experience based on feelings, and rationalism, which defended the idea of reason as the bearer of truth

How did Russian philosophy develop, what were its origins and directions? What hindered domestic philosophy?

Adults often think about self-development and self-awareness, about ethics and morality, spirituality and religion, about the meaning of life. What is the spiritual life of man? We can say that this is a heap of his impressions and experience, which are realized in the process of life

The first thinker who made empirical knowledge the basis for any knowledge is Francis Bacon. He, together with Rene Descartes, proclaimed the basic principles for the New Age. Bacon's philosophy gave birth to a fundamental precept for Western thinking: knowledge is power. It was in science that he saw the most powerful tool for progressive social change. But who was this famous philosopher, what is the essence of his doctrine?

Setting goals consciously and planning to achieve them, devoting a lot of effort to a cause for a long time is an exceptional property of a reasonable person. In our brain, the area responsible for goal setting and planning, the prefrontal cortex, is much better developed than in higher animals. It must be used for its intended purpose! Goals are crystallized dreams that are prepared to be realized

Each person imagines himself to be a unique unique personality, but in many cases he is influenced by the majority, adopts public opinion, ideas, ways of action. And this is done passively and without criticism. This phenomenon is called conformism