THE OTHERNESS AS A PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEM

The article examines the being of the other as one of the main problems of modern thinking. According to M. Theunissen its decision extends between the poles of transcendental “Ego” and universal logos. The two most important approaches are transcendental phi...

VISUALS AS INTELLECTUAL PRESENCE IN GENESIS

The capabilities of the human intelligence are limited and at the same time unlimited – on the one hand its finiteness is determined by the limited knowledge, words, the finiteness of the world. On the other hand its unlimitedness guarantees reaching meta-leve...

RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL IN HISTORY

The aim of the article is to investigate history as being (the living activity of people). As a product of rational beings, it can be conceived as predominantly rational inquiry. However, a statement of this kind does not match the actual development of hist...

RUSSIAN SLAVOPHILISM AND WESTERNIZATION

During the 40s of the 19th century in Russia finally formed two major socio-political, philosophical and geostrategic directions – slavophilism and westernization. Their arguments are for the path of socio-historical and cultural development of their homeland,...

“PROTECT YOUR SELF” AND THE HESYCHASM

This article is dedicated to the biblical revelations “protect your self”, “watch after your self” and the corresponding “observe your self” and “examine your self”. It lays out what is meant through these in the Old and New Testament. Accent is given to the f...

CONFUCIUS, PLATO AND SOME PROBLEMS OF THE STATE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT IN BULGARIA

In this article Confucius’s and Platon’s ideas about the state management, to be more precise, to what extent their ideas are applicable for the modern management. We are trying to support the point of view, that philosophical outlook is necessary for the top...

CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF THE NATION – STATE AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION

In the article are investigated two models of the nation – state – Agamben’s and Habermas’s models. According to Agamben the camp is a paradigm of constructing of the contemporary nation – state. He binds the concepts of sovereignty and biopolitics in his mo...

JOHN DEWEY AND TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

The article reconstructs John Dewey’s position in his classical work <i>Democracy and Education</i>, emphasizing on the idea of educational interactivity and Dewey’s naturalism. The results from this reconstruction are then applied to the contemporary philosop...

„MOBILIS IN MOBILI“: ЗА ДВИЖЕНИЯТА НА СЪВРЕМЕННИЯ ЧОВЕК МЕЖДУ ГРАНИЦИТЕ В ПРОСТРАНСТВОТО И ВРЕМЕТО