TY - JOUR

T1 - The Project of Constructive Anthropology in Russian Empiriocriticism

AU - Рыбас, Александр Евгеньевич

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - The article analyzes the main provisions of constructive anthropology developed in Russian empiriocriticism in the first quarter of the 20th century. The justification of non-metaphysical philosophy, which developed the "problematic" approach to cognition, made the new understanding of man possible. From this point of view, the essence of man is not a metaphysical constant, but is modeled on the basis of an appropriate organization of experience; the essence of man is determined by his existence and is constantly changing; the essence of man can be consciously adapted by directing his development and giving him the necessary characteristics; man as an essence is always man's project, or scientific and philosophical concept; only by understanding man as a dynamic project can we justify free will and man's capacity for creation. The project of constructive anthropology is fundamentally different from the philosophical anthropology developed in Germany in the 20th century by Max Scheler and Helmuth Plessner, since the latter is essentially an attempt to preserve the traditional metaphysical interpretation of man.

AB - The article analyzes the main provisions of constructive anthropology developed in Russian empiriocriticism in the first quarter of the 20th century. The justification of non-metaphysical philosophy, which developed the "problematic" approach to cognition, made the new understanding of man possible. From this point of view, the essence of man is not a metaphysical constant, but is modeled on the basis of an appropriate organization of experience; the essence of man is determined by his existence and is constantly changing; the essence of man can be consciously adapted by directing his development and giving him the necessary characteristics; man as an essence is always man's project, or scientific and philosophical concept; only by understanding man as a dynamic project can we justify free will and man's capacity for creation. The project of constructive anthropology is fundamentally different from the philosophical anthropology developed in Germany in the 20th century by Max Scheler and Helmuth Plessner, since the latter is essentially an attempt to preserve the traditional metaphysical interpretation of man.

KW - constructive anthropology, Russian empiriocriticism, human problem, subject, destruction of subjectivity, gathering of man

U2 - 10.35534/natanthropol.2024.10015

DO - 10.35534/natanthropol.2024.10015

M3 - Article

VL - 2

JO - Nature Anthropology

JF - Nature Anthropology

SN - 2959-7633

IS - 4

M1 - 10015

ER -