Gregory Kiselev: Monographs & Articles

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This site is for everyone who is interested in problems at crossroads of phylosophy of history, philosophical anthropology, Christian world-view and philosophical comprehension of the modern world. These problems are discussed in books and articles that I present for your judgment. The books were published in Moscow in 1990 and 2004 (500 copies each). The majority of the articles appeared in the pages of the major Russian philosophical journal Philosophical problems (1999-2023).

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Mythologems of Christianity and Philosophy of Mind
2023

Myth, in particular the Christian one, is a means of self-creation of man. Does it work in a scientific worldview? In order to answer this question, the author substantiates the possibility of interpreting and rethinking some of the essential mythologemes of Christianity. He proposes to consider them in the light of the modern philosophy of consciousness. According to this philosophy, a person cognizes the world being inside it, in its composition. Thus he is ontologically rooted in it. Therefore, our world contains certain conditions for its cognition, which themselves have no conditions. Their existence is evidenced only by their effects; they appear simply as a supernatural reality. Without the concept of the supernatural, there can be no adequate understanding of the phenomenon of «man», since his being is obviously not limited to its natural side. The religion in the modern world is supposed to have a renewed mythology. However there is a problem. The traditional Christian mythology emerged spontaneously. The mythology of our time cannot but have an artificial origin. It must be rationally understood as mythology. The author believes that a possible interpretation of the mythologemes of Christianity that is adequate to the time, gives reason to disagree with the idea of the historical failure of Christianity. At the same time he argues that this religion is capable of claiming the status of a supra-confessional, universal world outlook. This is tantamount to claiming its trinitarian meanings, which have so far remained largely undiscovered. The supra-confessional worldview implies that sociality should also be based on Christian moral values, that a person should not be limited to the task of personal salvation. And this also means participation in the preservation and reproduction of civilization.