Naira Danielyan (Russia)
Naira
Danielyan (Russia) - Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Department of Philosophy,
Sociology and Political Science, National Research University "Moscow
Institute of Electronic Technology"; the area of scientific interests is
ontology and the theory of knowledge, the philosophy of science and technology.
Modern Philosophical Practice through Aristotle's Ideas (Lecture)
Presentation Language: English
The
author provides a comparative analysis of Aristotle's epistemology and modern
scientific ideas concerning the process of cognition. Following Aristotle's
ideas, we can state that he implied the separation of a researcher and an
object examined. However, today it has been proved that subject and object
determine each other and form an integrated system. The main feature of
Aristotle's epistemology was to get truthful knowledge. But nowadays the
epistemological process is directed to the recognition of existence of
different irreducible to each other positions that have been obtained during
its realization. It is offered to consider the reality as a multi-layer and
multi-level one. Knowledge of subjects about objects will be different for
every level of cognition, but it will be interconnected. It's possible to
conclude that Aristotle made an enormous contribution to the formation and
further development of epistemology and his works turned out to be the starting
point for current ideas about cognitive operations, and their methods and
results.