The Problem of Will in the Discourse of Humanitarian Culture
Introduction. The article explores the dialectic of the phenomenon of will and its interpretation in modern scientific discourse. Will is considered in the philosophical aspect as the ability of a person to meaningfully make a choice and strictly follow it, building a scenario of their behavior. The research hypothesis is that will is a complex and internally structured phenomenon (a system of predicates) of human behavior, determined by specific internal and external factors. Based on a system analysis, the correlation of the phenomenon of will and freedom, consciousness, love, fear, courage, education is determined in the context of a holistic philosophical reconstruction of this phenomenon. Methodology and sources. The problem of will has several aspects and is considered in science as a philosophical, pedagogical and psychological phenomenon. The research methodology is based on the method of dialectics and the use of induction, deduction, analysis, synthesis, ascent from the abstract to the concrete. Philosophical concepts of Aristotle, N.A. Berdyaev, I.A. Ilyin, I. Kant, K. Marx, V.S. Solovyov, A. Schopenhauer and others are used in the philosophical analysis of the phenomenon of will. Results and discussion. The article provides a justification of the phenomenon of will as a special spiritual tension of personality (the power of the human spirit), which appears (or is formed) in a person in a situation of choice, when they have to make certain decisions, develop a certain scenario of their behavior and bear personal responsibility for them. In the complex structure of the phenomenon of will, a certain hierarchy of its system-forming elements is revealed, its ontological, axiological and epistemological foundations are revealed. Conclusion. In conclusion, it is concluded that to cultivate the will in oneself means to form in oneself such spiritual principles that have absolute meaning, objective truth and determine for a person the fullness of his being.
Authors: Dmitry K. Stozhko, Natalia Yu. Stozhko
Direction: Philosophy
Keywords: will, personality, courage, meaning of life, fear, behavioral scenario, human
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