PHILOSOPHY OF DESCARTES: BASIC INTENTION AND STATUS OF ANTHROPOLOGY ABSTRACT

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15802/ampr2013/19785

Keywords:

anthropology, basic intention, reductionism, de-anthropologization, self-creation

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to emphasize the insufficiency of reductionist interpretation of Descartes’ heritage and to bring into focus the constitutive role of anthropology in Descartes authentic project. Scientific novelty. Substantiation of anthropology in Descartes’ philosophical structure is based upon recognition of key importance of anthropological intention in previous philosophy as well as anthropological one in philosopher’s own works. Therefore, the insufficiency of established de-anthropologised interpretation of essential intention of Descartes’ doctrine becomes evident. Methodology. The use of phenomenology and hermeneutics enables us to comprehend the key philosopher’s ideas as the manifestation of his personality. The concentration on the interpretation of Descartes ideas as the manifestation of determining influence of external factors is the shortcoming of the established reductionist methodology. Conclusions. It was proved that anthropology that should have been the conclusion of Descartes’ philosophy under conditions of domination of reductionist attitude was withdrawn by the de-anthropologised reality image. The comprehension of the authentic image of Descartes’ philosophy provides special attention to the anthropological element in his ontology.

Author Biography

Anatolii M. Malivskyi, Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan

Malivskyі Anatolii, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of Philosophical Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Sociology of Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan, was born in 1957 in Ukraine. The title of Candidate of Philosophical Sciences PhD thesis: "The Phenomenon of Representation in Classical and Modern Philosophy". It is devoted to the phenomenon of the ontological approach to the representation of the European classical philosophy and its modern interpretation. Associate Professor Malivskyі A. an author of over 30 scientific publications, including "The first and second" Critique’s "Kant" (1991), "The creation and the thing: a critique of consciousness in the doctrine represented by M.Heidegger " (1994), "The ambiguity of understanding the rationality of Rene Descartes' (1996) "Alternative theory of the nature by Arthur Schopenhauer" (1998), "The anthropological dimension of Cartesian metaphysics in the context of the crisis of technological civilization" (2006), "The anthropological dimension of metaphysics "the dialogue of" Heidegger and Descartes (2008)," "The philosophical doctrine of Kant as the search of the authentic forms of anthropological metaphysics "(2012). Associate Professor Malivskyі A. an expert on the history of philosophy, the problems of reception of European classic’s philosophy in the modern context, the anthropological dimension of metaphysics. Associate Professor Malivskyі A. was a member of the XX World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, 1998.

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Published

2013-12-30

How to Cite

Malivskyi, A. M. (2013). PHILOSOPHY OF DESCARTES: BASIC INTENTION AND STATUS OF ANTHROPOLOGY ABSTRACT. Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research, (4), 108–117. https://doi.org/10.15802/ampr2013/19785

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY