The hard problem of consciousness as a crisis of rationalist metaphysics according to Lev Shestov
Studies in East European Thought June 23, 2026 Krzysztof Piętak
Abstract This article argues that the contemporary debate surrounding the hard problem of consciousness confirms Lev Shestov’s structural critique of rationalist philosophy. First, it shows that the hard problem should not be understood as a merely recent technical difficulty within analytic philosophy, but as a new configuration of a much older conflict between rational explanation and lived...