3 papers in the library · 23 citations · publishing 1993-2025
Philosophy Journal May 17, 2025 Andrey Smirnov
The line of investigation of consciousness through consciousness itself in European philosophy is represented by the doctrines elaborated as an answer to the question: “What in my consciousness is determined by consciousness itself, and not by the world?” The names of Descartes, Kant, and Husserl mark the most significant moments in the development of this line. This line is opposed to the...
Philosophy Journal 2023 Andrey Smirnov 3 citations
The article addresses the following question: what is sense (smysl) as such, not to be confused with the sense of something. The sense as such sets the absolute limit for human consciousness, since we can be conscious only of that which makes sense, and, vice versa, what makes sense is part of our consciousness. Sense is devoid of semiotic nature, for sense as such cannot be conceptualized as...
Philosophy East and West 1993 Andrey Smirnov 20 citations
The common basis underlying a philosophical exploration of Nicholas of Cusa and Ibn 'ArabT could perhaps be presented in the form of two closely linked assertions: first, the thesis that God is indefinable, and, second, a formula which states that the world is not God but is not anything other than God. These assertions were certainly not unknown to medieval thinkers, but it was the mystical...