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Shokhin, V. K.
Philosophical Classicism and Modern Devotion to the Spirit of Times
// Philosophy and Culture.
2014. № 11.
P. 1555-1561.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=65720
Shokhin, V. K. Philosophical Classicism and Modern Devotion to the Spirit of Times
Abstract:
The purpose of the research is to clarify the main peculiarities of philosophical discourse by comparing it to
other branches of theoretical knowledge (first of all, science). As a result, philosophical discourse is described by the
author as a special theoretical activity which peculiarities include unique auto-reflectivity, broad competiveness in
interpretation of both objects and methods of this activity, the absence of both scientific verifiability of results and
consistent succession of the problem definition. This leads to the path of ‘eternal return’ to ‘eternal issues’ The article
is focused not only on the results of philosophizing but also on the philosophical practice itself (as it was defined by
Alasdair Maclntyre). Noteworthy that to differentiate between different types of philosophy, it is necessary to answer
the question whether a philosopher has a goal to solve particular, usually traditional, problems (for example, metaphysical
questions) by the means of common rationality (philosophical classicism) or a goal to create the ‘newspeak’
where concepts are replaced with metaphors (so called philosophical avant-garde). This delimitation offered by the
author is an innovation in the sphere of comparative studies of American and continental philosophy. The author also
establishes the thesis that being one of the modern philosophical trends, analytical tradition – the modern version
of traditional philosophy – is more capable of producing ‘philosophical results’ than others. The author of the article
shows that the most significant drawback of Russian philosophy is the absence of serious interest towards researches
of concepts, terms and controversial topics. According to the author, today these researches are replaced with the
imitations of post-modernistic ‘literature philosophizing’.
Keywords:
philosophy, research activity, reflection, metaphysics, counterversion, classical science, post-modernism, analytical tradition, science, literature.
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