Kant in the Time of COVID
... moral reasoning has revealed our common commitment to both Kantian and utilitarian principles. For Kant, respecting people’s rights entails that we ought to value whole lives equally. Therefore we ought to allocate resources so as to maximise the number of patients who survive to discharge. By contrast, the principle of utility has us maximise life-years so that people can satisfy more of their considered preferences. Although people are treated impartially in the utilitarian calculus, it does ...
The Nature of Appearance in Kant’s Transcendentalism: A Seman- tico-Cognitive Analysis
... [online]. Available at:
http://philosophyfaculty.ucsd.edu/faculty/ctolley/publications/tolley-KAODS-ms-2014.pdf
[Accessed 11 May 2018].
Van Cleve, J., 1999. Problems from Kant. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Walker, R., 2010. Kant on the Number of Worlds. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 18, pp. 821-843.
Werkmeister, W. H., 1977. Kant’s Refutation of Idealism. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 15 (4), pp. 551-565.
Werkmeister, W. H., 1981. The complementarity of phenomena ...
The Notion of Free Will in Sergey Hessen’s Conception of Culture
... creative activities serve to continue the process of culture-structuring. Thus the effectiveness of the realisation of values in cultural reality depends directly on ensuring the conditions for the exercise of free will. There is potentially an unlimited number of ways of defining the concept of free will, each imposing certain limitations on the actualisation of the individual in culture. The question arises, how does each individual understand the possibility of creative activities within a concrete ...
On Fire. Dissertation for the Master’s Degree. Translation from the Latin into Russian, Preface and Notes by S. V. Lugovoy
... Vorkritische Schriften I, 1747-1756. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1910, pp. 369-384. The publication is available at https://korpora.zim.uni-duisburg- essen.de/kant/aa01/ [Accessed 10 March 2019]. Pagination and illustrations are from the same publication, the page numbers are in square brackets at the beginning of the page. Page footnotes, if indicated, draw on the commentaries of Lewis White Beck, the translator of the dissertation into English from the following edition: Kant, I., 2012. Natural Science, edited ...
Zur Subjekt-Redestruktur des axiologischen Diskurses von I. Kant
The major difference between Kant's axiological and cognitive discourse is that the former contains a greater number of persona pronouns that signify different speech roles of the author. This text is characterised by a more direct expression of the addressee factor, which explains the emergence of the speech acts that are absent in Kant's cognitive texts. Another ...
Kant’s appearance as an objective-objectual [gegenständlich] representation
... Critique, is an appearance of an object (thing-initself), which — although implicitly — suggests a semantic relationship of reference. Appearance (as a sign) is impossible without what appears in it (the referent of a sign). This article puts forward a number of arguments in favour of the objective/objective-objectual status of Kant’s concept of appearance.
1. Kant, I. 1994a, Izbrannye pis'ma [Selected Letters; letter’s to M.Herz] In: Kant, I. Sobranie sochinenij v 8 tomah. [Works in 8 volumes],...
Kant, Gödel, and the problem of synthetic a priori judgements
... as a philosophical framework for LEJ Brouwer’s programme of intuitionism in the foundations of mathematics. Of interest are the ideas of the great logician and mathematician Kurt Gödel about the analytical nature of mathematics, put forward in a number of his works on philosophy of mathematics. Although he never mentions synthetic a priori judgements, the course of his reasoning about analytical judgements is close to that employed by Kant. As early as the mid-20th century, Gödel’s incompleteness ...
Russian-German philosophical dialogue in the late 19th/the first half of the 20th centuries: Publications of Russian philosophers in the Kant-Studien and Logos journals
This article presents an overview of Russian philosophers’ publications in German periodicals of the late 19th/early 20th centuries. At the time, Germany boasted a significant number of journals dedicated to philosophy or addressing philosophical problems. Even in the first approximation, there are several dozen journals featuring either texts by Russian scientists or works dedicated to Russian philosophy. Of special importance ...
The systemacity of CPR and Kant’s system (II)
... thesis is the statement that Kant’s epistemology is based on transcendental anthropology connected with the history of philosophy. It is proven that, in terms of its content, the formal dual division of the Critique is a triad system comprising a number of similar subsystems.
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2. Kant, I. 1965, Оsnovy metafiziki nravov [Fundamental Principles ...
A transcendental analysis of mathematics: The constructive nature of mathematics
... (Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing.
2. Frege, G. 1884, Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik: eine logisch-mathematische Untersuchung über den Begriff der Zahl. Breslau. (English: The Foundations of Arithmetic: the logical-mathematical Investigation of the Concept of Number).
3. Galileiy, G, 1964,Izbrannye trudy v 2 t. M.: Nauka, 1964. v.1.
4. Galileiy, G., 1987, Probirnyh del master. M. Nauka.
5. Gil'bert. D., 1998, Aksiomaticheskoe myshlenie //Ego j`e. Izbrannye trudy, T. 1, M. : Faktorial.
6. Gil'bert, D., 1948 ...
How transcendental are Kant’s principles of public law?
... for selecting maxims, how efficient these principles are as empirical criteria for establishing legitimacy, and whether they can be characterized as ‘transcendental’. Kant’s discourse on publicity — a result of strenuous efforts presented in a number of writings and lectures — takes the reader to the area of empirical practices and anthropological observations capable of distorting the required purity of the form when taken together. In effect, they turn out to be either motives for searching ...
Studies into the history of Russian Neo-Kantianism in Poland
The article deals with the jey areas of Russian Neo-Kantianism studies in Poland. Although the number and quality of studies on the history of Russian Neo-Kantianism cannot be equated to those on the history of German Neo-Kantianism, the situation is improving. The authors stress the undeniable progress in Russian Neo-Kantianism studies in Poland: ...
Ideas of Kant’s theoretical philosophy in Peirce’s graph theory
... effect on all of his further works. The major elements of Kant’s theory (transcendental deduction of categories, classification of judgements, synthetic and analytic judgement dichotomy, etc.) were substantially modified by Peirce. He reduced the number of categories, changed their content, and transformed analytic and synthetic judgements into ampliative and explicative reasoning. Kant helped Peirce to overcome the doctrine of nominalism and develop the doctrine of critical realism. This paper ...
The systemacity of CPR and Kant’s system (I)
... thesis is the statement that Kant’s epistemology is based on transcendental anthropology con-nected with the history of philosophy. It is proven that, in terms of its content, the formal dual divi-sion of the Critique is a triad system comprising a number of similar subsystems.
1. Abramjan, L. A. 1981, Glavnyj trud Kanta [The main work of Kant], Erevan.
2. Jaspers, K. 2014, Kant: zhizn', trudy, vlijanie. [Kant], M.,2014.
3. Kant, I. 1963, Kritika chistogo razuma [Critique of Pure Reason],...
Kant’s lectures on natural law: Justice and conscientiousness
The lectures on natural law delivered by Kant in the winter semester of 1784/85 have recently attracted increasing attention from Kant scholars. Dating back to the 1780s, they elucidate a number of important aspects in the genesis of Kant’s practical philosophy. Firstly, this relates to the formation of the Königsberg philosopher’s views on law. However, the lecture notes (especially the introduction) are of equal importance to understanding ...
The thinking of nature and the nature of thinking — Cohen on Spinoza
... some aspects of this panorama. Thus, the author does not go into details, "the case of Spinoza," as Cohen let himself be called a tough confrontation with Spinoza against Jewish under-standing — about this "case" there are quite a number of studies. Even less in the study will be discussed on the consideration of personal stories. So here it draws attention to the following topics: the nature of thinking and thinking of nature. Conducted by the author analysis allows to understand ...
Kant on the rights of citizens in matters of religion: The concept of religious tolerance in the German Enlightenment
... different confessions, based on the rules of natural law, which date back to the early Enlightenment. For the first time, it was discussed at length by Christian Thomasius, whose endeavours marked the beginning of the Enlightenment in Germany. Moreover, a number of important aspects relate Thomasius’s early Enlightenment ideas and Kant’s late Enlightenment concept. Firstly, this is the perspective on the role of the monarch in regulating interactions between different confessions. Thus, both thinkers ...
Kant studies in Königsberg: 1784—1949
... work. It is shown that the popularization work in all its forms has been conducted to date and the first to the last years of this trend, has played a major role in the emergence and development of other lines of activity. An author's translation of a number of fragments of the above publications. The prospects of the development of indepth and detailed analysis of the described compositions, for which this article can serve as a reference point.
1. Гулыга А. Кант. М., 1977.
2. Воспоминания ...
Moral inscrutability and self-constitution in Kant (translated from the English by V. Belonogova and D. Khizanishvili, edited by V. Chaly)
... freedom is not justified and postulates a transcendental structure similar to the unity of transcendental apperception in order to unify all volitions of an agent and make the initial application of freedom possible. The first innovation gives rise to a number of questions as to the justification of maxims, whereas the second leads to the theory of moral self-constitution, which was not completed within Kant’s practical philosophy. Together, they create a voluntaristic image of Kant, which undermines ...
The teaching on postulates in Kant’s lectures on philosophical theory of religion
.... Thus, these lectures are of special important for studying the process of development of the key ideas of Kant’s philosophy. Being an interim variant between The Critique of Pure Reason and Critique of Practical Reasons, these lectures contain a number of explanations contributing to a better understanding of both Critiques. In particular, this holds true for the postulates of the existence of god and immortality of the soul and their role on Kant’s ethical system.
1. Кант И. Критика ...
I. Kant in the development of N. O. Lossky’s philosophical views: The case of a translation
... judgement and inference, and that of the synthetic and analytic. The article addresses the interpretation of the concept of ‘intuition’ by Lossky and the influence of this interpretation on the translation of Kant’s Anschauung.The author identifies a number of reasons that inspired the intuitivist to translate the CPR. Fol¬lowing Kant’s philosophy, Lossky had sufficient arguments in the game played in the field of his teacher and opponent, the Russian Kantian A. I. Vvedensky; moreover, he proved ...
On the author’s speech structure of Kant’s axiological discourse
The major difference between Kant's axiological and cognitive discourse is that the former contains a greater number of personal pronouns that signify different speech roles of the author. This text is characterised by a more direct expression of the addressee factor, which explains the emergence of the speech acts that are absent in Kant's cognitive texts. Another ...
Identification of intonation and emotions of the native language in vocal melody perception
... language. The experiment was based on psycholinguistic approach and was performed by means of perceptive analysis. The author presents the concept of intonational percept of the Russian folk song by the native speakers. The concept has been tested in a number of tests on traditional folk songs perception. The findings of the psycholinguistic experiment prove the existence of a common invariant of the intonational percept of vocal folklore with all the representatives of a language community. This enables ...
Unofficial astyonyms and katoyconyms as markers of regional identity
... these names are determined. There is noted an asymmetry in the composition of unofficial names for the residents of Kaliningrad compared to the demonyms that can potentially serve as motivating bases. It is established that the presence of a significant number of pejorative nominations within the framework of the regional onomasticon is driven by the residents’ desire to improve the city’s condition and preserve their own identity.
“The Forgotten stories” by Hans Christian Andersen in the context of his creative evolution
... in 2016 under the title “The Forgotten Stories of Hans Christian Andersen”. Their content and poetics are considered at the background of the writer’s creative evolution. The authors studies the reasons that determined the incompleteness of a number of works, and the circumstances that prompted the author to refuse to publish completed texts. “The Forgotten Stories” become the source for analyzing the writer’s creative manner and his work on expressing historical, moral, political, philosophical ...
Reception of German Literature by Syrian Translators and Critics in the Context of German-Arabic Literary Relations
... context of German-Arab literary relations. It has been established that now the problem of German literature perception among the Arabic language speakers is relevant. Syria is not considered to be a center for translation of works into Arabic, though the number of translators and publishers popularizing German literature in Syria is growing. The activities of translators (for example, Abdo Abbud, Fuad Ayub, Mohammed Jadid, Ahmed Al-Hammo), who played an important role in promoting the works of German-speaking ...
On the system classification of terminological vocabulary of modern education
This article examines the typological features of the modern Russian education terminology. Currently, there is a large number of linguistic research works on educational discourse, but most of them focus on the analysis of its individual aspects, thereby leaving out the description of the terminological system of Russian education that is dynamically developing in the ...
Intonological aspect of the vocal form of the language (on the example of the Russian choir)
... language, function via intonological models (the ones characteristic of both music and speech) of perception. Although the vocal music melody of a national language is not fully identical to speech intonation patterns acoustically, it still includes a number of intonation features that are perceived by the listener as characteristic of his or her native language. Opera is a form of language music realization, which makes it a subject of psycholinguistic studies. The author considers this issue in ...
The terms «clinical recommendations», «clinical guidelines», «diagnostic and treatment protocol»: a comparative analysis of definitions
... treatment protocol”. The article compares the terminological phrases with the keywords “recommendations”, “management” and “protocol”, multicomponent units that name specific varieties of these documents. It was revealed that a large number of syntagmatic connections of the main term and its derivatives (attributive and substantive) explains the coexistence of many derived units, which complicates the professional communication process. All terms are divided into semantic groups ...
Active derivational models of the Russian language based on the «Corona» vocabulary
... units that have appeared in the Russian language as some reflection of COVID-19 spreading across Russia and worldwide as well fundamental changes in social, economic and political life that it has triggered. The pandemic brought about new vocabulary, a number of medical terms and disinfectant names, which have become the most used both in colloquial speech and in the media and Internet discourse. The paper is devoted to the description of the derivatives where the word-forming sructure is based on such ...
Film dialogue as an auto-adaptation of a literary text (on the «Room» shooting script, 2015)
... is defined as a complete and organized formation in the structure of a film work that has clearly defined functions. Contrastive approach allows to consider the adapted film dialogue in comparison with its original literary dialogue and to identify a number of transformations that take place in the process of its adaptation for a film. Undertaken linguistic analysis can serve as the basis for further study of the actual language material in the context of film adaptation as a linguistic problem.
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Prince Mikhail of Tver in Ryleev’s Duma and in the Russian Historiography: the Path to Sainthood
The author analyzes a well-known work by Ryleev in axiological aspect using historiographical sources and presents a new interpretation of its ideological structure. The article reveals a number of important details that differ the duma’s plot from the original historical source. Focusing on the antithesis between true and false values the research examines the oppositions freedom — captivity and life — honour. A careful examination ...
Subjective modality as a way of expressing author’s intentions in the first printed Russian newspaper “Vedomosti” of the times of Peter the Great
... subjective modality as a tool to implement the author’s intentions in the texts of the first Russian printed newspaper «The Vedomosti». The article reveals a significant role of the subjective-modal meanings built over the objective modality through a number of expressive tools (modality units, parenthetical words and structures, particles). The author illustrates and qualifies the modal syncretism of the newspaper text.
“Enchantment for the eyes” through the eyes of foreigners: how foreign students perceive Russian verbal image in сatch phrases
... image in the catch phrase ‘Enchantment for the eyes’ (from poem ‘Autumn’ by Alexander Pushkin) for foreign students. The experimental data is analyzed from a semantic and linguo-didactic points of view. It is concluded that the greatest number of difficulties for foreigners is caused by semantic components of two levels: 1) the verbal image as such and 2) the specific characteristics of the precedent text. Particular attention in teaching is to be paid to functioning of the verbal ...
The parameterisation of document texts as a means of genre identification
The creation of a corpus of historical documents requires developing criteria for the scientific evaluation of the former based on a number of genre parameters that make it possible to structure a text array and present it in an electronic search environment. An important feature is the genre and type of a documentary text, which are established using a set of elements essential ...
Linguistic focus of territory branding
... and PR-texts placed on accessible Web-portals. The current study presents a linguistic analysis of means of the territory management optimizing and of defining the role of linguistic means in the branding discourse. The material of the study is the number of texts (original and translated) in Russian, English and German placed on accessible Web-portals of different regions or on accessible official Web-portals of different touristic regions and cities. It was showed that the linguistic focus of ...
Linguopoetic potential of verbs and verbal noun collocations in classical and modern russian literature
... D. Danilov are used as sources of examples. The author studies verbs and verbal (action) nouns from a linguopoetic perspective. Special attention is paid to verbal and nominal characteristics of action nouns and their interaction. The author draws a number of conclusions about the potential of verbs and action nouns for the development of meaning in collocations.
1. Бунин И. А. Убийца // Собр. соч. : в 4 т. М., 1988. Т. 3.
2. Винокур Г. О. Маяковский — ...
Evolution of the special question in English (based on examples from the Gospel of John)
... the structural and formal aspects of the problem. To demonstrate language dynamics the author identifies specific contexts containing various kinds of special questions in the three versions of the Gospel. These contexts are compared according to a number of parameters. The author structures his research in the following way: 1) definition of the special question as a type and the description of the types of special questions; 2) a brief description of the compared versions of the Gospel; 3) an ...