What does ‘understand’ mean? Part one. Vassily Vasilievich Rozanov on the understanding
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2023-1-48-58
Abstract
The article opens a series of studies about the formulation and solution for the issue of understanding in the Russian philosophical tradition. The article considers the concept understanding proposed by V.V. Rozanov. Its task is to show what Rozanov understands by understanding himself and not his numerous elucidators. The dependence of Rozanov’s optics on Aristotelian ontologism and realism is noted, as well as its relationship with the philosophical systems of his era: V.S. Solovyov and N.N. Strakhov. Understanding for Rozanov is a process based on the fundamentally unified nature of the world and the mind. The world is understandable because it is initially true. And, at the same time, the world and the understanding are not static constructions. Contrary to the usual usage of words, Rozanov’s understanding does not grasp, does not appropriate, does not constitute, and does not describe the world at all.
Supporting agencies: The study was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 23-18-00802 “World, language, reality. European and Russian philosophy in the conceptual and terminological dimension”.
About the Author
A. I. Reznichenko
Russian State University for the Humanities; MBUK MOK, dep. “Memorial House-Museum of S.N. Durylin”
Russian Federation
Anna I. Reznichenko, Dr. of Sci. (Philosophy), professor; leading researcher bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 12504 bld. 12, Svobodnaya Street, microdist.Bolshevo, g. Korolev, Moscow region, 141060
Russian Federation
Anna I. Reznichenko, Dr. of Sci. (Philosophy), professor; leading researcher bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 12504 bld. 12, Svobodnaya Street, microdist.Bolshevo, g. Korolev, Moscow region, 141060
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Reznichenko A.I. What does ‘understand’ mean? Part one. Vassily Vasilievich Rozanov on the understanding. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2023;(1):48-58. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2023-1-48-58
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