The paper deals with the reconstructed logic of the historical conceptual change of ideal worldview types in the early history of Indian and Western civilizations. The primordial naturalistic outlook characterized by pre-reflexivity and a total neglect of human subjectivity was first superseded by elitist...

The article deals with the Western values and ideas in M. K. Gandhi’s thought. Although he rejects technical progress and other external manifestations of modernization, his views in a great extent are consistent with the moral foundation of Modernity. First, it is expressed in the fact that he pays...

The 'Vakyapadiya' of Bhartṛhari, the famous Indian linguistic philosopher (5th CE), presents many different, often mutually exclusive, views on language and its relationship with cognitive processes and extra-linguistic relation. Modern scholars designate this methodological approach as perspectivism....

The concept of faith is defined as a universal path to the spiritual knowledge born in the "Axial Age" (K. Jaspers) as a way of understanding the transcendent origins underlying all the world religions and associated philosophies. The author of the article asserts the significance of faith from the philosophical,...

The article considers the philosophical polemics between Buddhism and Mimamsa on the problem of the existence and properties of the self as it is given in the chapter "The Polemics with the Mimamsakas on Atman" of the section "Atmapariksha" (lit. "The Study of Atman") of "Tattvasamgraha" of Shantarakshita...

Kant is a well-known philosopher famous for his categorical imperative, which requires a human being to display purely moral determination to act. That is why his ethics is also often characterized as strictly rigorous. At the same time, Kant himself seems to try to eliminate all foreign components from...

The article attempts to expand the traditional interpretation of the concept of "Discovery of America". The author emphasizes the necessity of expanding the concept beyond geographical, political, and economic contexts, carrying out the transition from the linguistic to cultural and philosophical point...

This article considers the philosophical and logical constructions of representatives of the "Russian scholasticism"- teachers of Orthodox spiritual educational institutions: Kyiv - Mohyla and Moscow Slavic - Greek - Latin academies. The paper studies the development of the domestic logical tradition...

The article considers the theme of God and the motive of the death of God in the reception of the four thinkers of the Russian religious philosophy in the turn of the 20th century Vladimir Solovyov, Andrei Bely, Lev Shestov and Aleksei Losev. Attention to these very thinkers is grounded by the scheme,...

If the author wants to explore the connotation and logic of Marxist theory, Marxist classic text is its foundation and origin. By comparing contemporary social science books with Marxist classic texts, we can more clearly recognize the era significance of Marxist classic texts. The "Das Kapital" is an...

The paper presents relevant problems in teaching the humanities. Special attention is paid to the analysis of impact that modern social development trends have on philosophic education in Russia. The authors of the paper rely on the conclusions based on definite facts and offer their own answers to the...

In an investigation on how time was introduced into the system of Ramanuja, the author focuses on his refutation of the Jaina concept of time in his commentary on Brahmasutra 2.2.31. Starting with an outline of the opponent’s arguments regarding whether time is substance or a specific state, the paper...

The thesis about "the repressed sexuality" is opposed by the theory of discoursive and disciplinary control elaborated by M. Foucault and enhanced by a number of authors, including J. Butler. In the present article the authors study the essential claims of this theory and offer an analysis of what happens,...

The article deals with a challenge a translator of Gerhard Oberhammer’s philosophical texts may face. The authors highlight the peculiarities that can be singled out in the process of the analysis of Oberhammer’s vision of the fundamental principles of Vishishta-Advita philosophy and dwell upon Oberhammer’s...

The article concerns the meaning of life issue that has been a fundamental problem of philosophical reflection for ages. Every generation introduces own connotations to it. In modern culture, a tendency of spreading addictive forms of behavior is being observed, and, as a result, the formation of a "conceptual...

The transition issues of political parties are the important contents of research on the typology of political parties. Political parties have been reformed ceaselessly since its emergence. The modern transition of political parties and party politics has become a worldwide phenomenon. With the rising...

Marx and Engels were not born natural historical materialists. His historical materialism thought was based on the criticism of Hegelian idealism and Feuerbach's humanistic materialism. For the first time, the concept of historical materialism was elucidated in "German Ideology", and the basic principles...

Since ancient times, liberty is the foundation of human activities. Therefore, in a sense, the historical development of mankind from ancient times to the present is the entire process of mankind's pursuit of liberty. The establishment and development of historical materialism has always been in opposition...