Philosophy. Journal of the HSE. Vol. 7 No 2

Abstract

The 26th issue of “Philosophy. Journal of HSE” opens with an article by Olga Togoeva devoted to reflections on tyranny and the struggle against it. The article is devoted to the analysis of the Justification of the Duke of Burgundy, written by the theologian Jean Petit in 1408. Tyranny is considered here as not only a political but a moral category, as a particular state of the soul and mind, which later turns into a way of life and guides one’s actions. A continuation of this topic is an article by Yelena Kosilova which treats the correlation of power, knowledge, truth, and freedom as a rejection of power but not the possibility of interpreting the world. Alina Kostina, in her article, examines the problem of ignorance in the framework of social epistemology—epistemology of virtue and feminist philosophy, as well as the methodology of science—where ignorance is perceived not as an empty space, which can be filled with knowledge, but as a tool that structures cognitive activity.

Tapdyg Kerimov deals with the theme of criticism in his article, which reveals the theoretical background and motives of the "post-critical turn" in the humanities, the basic principles of post-criticism, and the difficulties it faces in updating traditional criticism.

The following articles are also devoted to philosophical and methodological reflections. Yevgeniy Popov provides a conceptual description of the hard core (in Lakatos’ terms) of new materialism in social theory, which, the author stresses, has not been clearly defined in socio-philosophical and sociological discourse so far. In the article by Anton Sukhoverkhov, Irina Kobyakova, and Il’ya Pozdeyev, the authors focus on the philosophical and methodological study of various evolutionary models. At the same time, Filipp Emanuilov addresses the formulation and solution of the problem of individuation in the context of the processual philosophy of biology.

The first part of the ‘Studies’ completes with two articles. Anton Kulikov provides an approach to the analysis of thinking based on the philosophical interpretation of the legacy of Leo Tolstoy as myth-making. Sergey Nikol’skiy turns to the theoretical study of two important social tasks: the reorganization of society and the re-creation of the human.

The issue continues with three articles from the new section, "Logic and Epistemology." Alexei Krouglov focuses on the concept of criticism and the critical method of Immanuel Kant, where—along with the general characteristics of Kantian criticism as a whole—the specific metaphysical meaning of criticism is also shown, according to which it represents a via media between dogmatism and skepticism. The article by Artem Pimanov considers the premises for the formation of transition semantics in the context of the problem of determinism. In her article, Natal’ya Zaytseva discusses the cognitive substantiation of visual representations and reveals the role of visualization in reasoning and proof.

The section "Translations and Publications" contains two translations provided with commentaries and introductory articles. Aleksey Pavlov presents the translation of the article The Possibility of the Resurrection by Peter van Inwagen, as well as the translation of a letter by G. W. Leibniz To Monsignor by Andrej Egunov, provided with introduction and comments by Roman Svetlov and Vyacheslav Minak.

The "Reviews" section includes four materials on new books published in Russian. Aleksandr Markov’s review is dedicated to Vladislav Sofronov's book State of the Dead: A Revisionist History of Russian Cosmism. Aleksandr Loginov reviews the Russian edition of M. Scheler's article On the Idea of Man. Alexander Marey reflexes on Dmitry Bondarenko's book Post-Colonial Nations in a Historical and Cultural Context. Andrey Teslya writes about Vladimir Bashkov's book A Rehearsal of the Political: Soren Kierkegaard and Carl Schmitt