scholarly journals The Problem of Mind and Reason and Its Philosophical and Educational Solution by V.V. Davydov

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 127-138
Author(s):  
V.S. Voznyak ◽  
V.V. Lymonchenko

The article considers the philosophical and educational solution to the problem of mind and reason in the work of V.V. Davydov. The authors’ attention is focused on the dialectic of the correlation of the categories of ‘reason’ and ‘mind’. It is argued that reason and mind appear not just as levels, but also as ways of thinking, ways of human world-relation. The basis for distinguishing between mind and reason is the presence in human activity of two levels: adaptive-using and creative-transformative. Reason works in opposition to the subject-object, while the mind has an attitude towards reality as a ‘subject’. External reason applies its scheme to the object, while mind transforms the form of its movement so that it corresponds to the essence of the matter. Reason is a formal culture of thinking, mind is entirely substantial. Reason as a way of thinking is generated by a practice that does not need to master its substantial (primarily social-historical, human) content — the practice of adaptation and use. It flourishes most magnificently in the conditions of reification of social relations, when they are separated from individuals and confront them as an external, alien, formal reality. V.V. Davydov’s achievment is the allocation of two types of generalization in educational activity: rational-empirical and reasonablе-theoretical, and the justification of the possibility and necessity of such a transformation of all didactics so that the teaching would contribute to the development of theoretical thinking. Only in this case can one seriously talk about developmental education.

1918 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred E. Cameron

That there is a decided need for the ecological study of insects and other animals was first brought home to the mind of the author whilst engaged upon the subject of a “General Survey of the Insect Fauna of the Soil” (vide Jour. Econ. Biol., vol. viii, part 3, 1913). Much information has been collected at various times by numerous authors, and especially those who have treated of the habits and behaviour of animals, but very little attempt has been made to systematise the data variously gathered, to explain the cause and effect of many obscure phenomena, or to make important observations accessible for the use of the animal ecologist. Thus, at present, we find ourselves on the threshold of practically a new and undisputed field, with opportunities for original and interesting research extending in innumerable directions. Dr C. C. Adams, now of Syracuse University, New York, who has written a most useful work, “the outgrowth of the effort as it has developed in the study and teaching of animal ecology,” in which is listed most of the literature applicable to the science, says (p. 10): “The associational is the phase of animal activity which may be considered as the form of animal behaviour which has developed into the human social relations,” and concludes that, because of the social character of human society, those interested in matters pertaining to the welfare of mankind, such as the sociologist, the physician, the sanitarian, and the agriculturist, will ultimately participate in a keener appreciation of the associational aspect.


Author(s):  
Maryna Novikova

The article analyzes scientific approaches to the characterization of sources of law as a legal category. The reasons of multifaceted approaches, dependence of sources of law on legal understanding are defined. Approaches to understanding the sources of law are studied. The meaning of the concept in the material, ideological and formal (legal) sense is revealed. It is determined that in the system of categories of the theory of law the concept of «sources of law» performs a dual function. Thus, on the one hand, it allows distinguishing sources of law from other social regulators. Any legal system determines in its doctrine and legislation which sources (forms) of law are recognized as valid. On the other hand, this concept reveals the place of a source of law in the system of sources of law, the ratio of its legal force with the legal force of other sources of law. It is stated that the source of law cannot be defined as a way of external expression of legal norms, which are objectified in a certain form, because the «source of law» means the origins of law. It is pointed out that differences in the interpretation of sources of law can be explained by different approaches to legal understanding. So, for example, if the legal understanding is based on the normative approach, then the sources of law mean the will of the legislator or law-making activities of the state, and in the natural-legal approach, the sources of law are considered the principles of law, which should be followed by positive law. The source of law may not have forms, such as common sense or theoretical thinking, which can be considered full-fledged sources of law that form the meanings of law, although they are not forms of existence of law. It is concluded that the source of law, and not any other legal category, opens for the subject of lawmaking, determines the need for their use in the regulation of social relations. From the source of law, the subject of law enforcement derives the content of the legal norm, regardless of its recognition by the state, regardless of whether the sources of law are binding or only convincing value. The source of the law itself can be the basis for the decision of the subject of law enforcement. The legitimation, material, social and ideal meaning of the term «source of law» is analyzed. Based on the analysis of definitions and approaches to the chosen issues presented in the scientific literature, the authors agree with the position expressed in the literature that the understanding of the category of source of law, its form is directly influenced by the concept of legal understanding shared by researchers.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-12
Author(s):  
Dario Alparone ◽  
Valentina Lucia La Rosa

Lacanian psychoanalysis cannot disregard its debts to philosophy, especially continental philosophy. Lacan’s conception of language is derived from multiple philosophical sources (i.e., Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard) including Heidegger’s philosophy of language and pride of place. Heidegger’s view of language prepares the ground for reversing the relationship between language and human beings, overcoming common sense about language and the communicative model of language. Language is much more than a set of labels; it shapes the human world and structures social relations themselves. In addition, language acts as a social link. The function of language as a social link allows us to think of it in relation to the Law and the very function of this human subjectivity. In reference to the Other of the Law and language, the subject finds her recognition, and this implies that the language is not reducible to communication. The process of technical-scientific domination of Western institutions leads to a reduction of their functions to the formal aspects, which may lead to a reification of the human as well as a state of alienation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saadi Lahlou

Transmission of human experience is essential for many purposes. It has two aspects: content and social relations. Digital technologies can solve some of the classic issues around the capture and transmission of human experience. Using these new technical affordances as a basis, this article presents a framework to capture and describe human activity and experience based on video and cooperative explicitation of activity trajectories with the subject, using a transition model inspired by the formalism of dynamical systems. The article also introduces this special issue, ‘Digitize and Transfer’, and gives an overview of its contents.


Author(s):  
П.В. Новиков

Актуальность статьи обусловлена проблемой развития личности младших школьников. Показана сущность развивающего образования, заключающаяся в формировании школьника как субъекта деятельности. Цель статьи заключается в раскрытии путей развития рефлексивной сферы учащихся младших классов в учебной деятельности. Описаны составляющие умения учиться. Особое внимание уделено характеристике рефлексивных способностей младших школьников, тесно связанных с умением учиться и проблемой формирования субъекта учебной деятельности. Автором показана многозначность понимания понятия «рефлексии» в психологии, охарактеризованы виды рефлексии, доказана значимость рефлексивных действий в учебной деятельности и показано их влияние на формирование умения учиться. Охарактеризованы диагностические методики, позволяющие исследовать виды рефлексии у учащихся. Проведено исследование уровня развития содержательной рефлексии. Показана необходимость создания специальных условий для развития рефлексивной сферы младших школьников. Статья предназначена педагогам-психологам, учителям начальных классов и всем, кого интересуют вопросы повышения оптимизации личностного и интеллектуального развития младших школьников. The relevance of the article is due to the problem of the development of the personality of primary schoolchildren. The essence of developmental education is shown, which consists in the formation of a student as a subject of activity. The purpose of the article is to reveal the ways of development of the reflective sphere of primary school students in educational activities. The components of the ability to learn are described. Special attention is paid to the characteristics of the reflexive abilities of primary schoolchildren, which are closely related to the ability to learn and the problem of the formation of the subject of educational activity. The author shows the ambiguity of understanding the concept of "reflection" in psychology, characterizes the types of reflection, proves the importance of reflexive actions in educational activities and shows their influence on the formation of the ability to learn. The diagnostic techniques that allow to study the types of reflection in students are characterized. The necessity of creating special conditions for the development of the reflexive sphere of primary schoolchildren has been proved. The article is intended for educational psychologists, primary school teachers and everyone who is interested in improving the optimization of the personal and intellectual development of younger students.


Author(s):  
Denis Tikhomirov

The purpose of the article is to typologize terminological definitions of security, to find out the general, to identify the originality of their interpretations depending on the subject of legal regulation. The methodological basis of the study is the methods that made it possible to obtain valid conclusions, in particular, the method of comparison, through which it became possible to correlate different interpretations of the term "security"; method of hermeneutics, which allowed to elaborate texts of normative legal acts of Ukraine, method of typologization, which made it possible to create typologization groups of variants of understanding of the term "security". Scientific novelty. The article analyzes the understanding of the term "security" in various regulatory acts in force in Ukraine. Typological groups were understood to understand the term "security". Conclusions. The analysis of the legal material makes it possible to confirm that the issues of security are within the scope of both legislative regulation and various specialized by-laws. However, today there is no single conception on how to interpret security terminology. This is due both to the wide range of social relations that are the subject of legal regulation and to the relativity of the notion of security itself and the lack of coherence of views on its definition in legal acts and in the scientific literature. The multiplicity of definitions is explained by combinations of material and procedural understanding, static - dynamic, and conditioned by the peculiarities of a particular branch of legal regulation, limited ability to use methods of one or another branch, the inter-branch nature of some variations of security, etc. Separation, common and different in the definition of "security" can be used to further standardize, in fact, the regulatory legal understanding of security to more effectively implement the legal regulation of the security direction.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Urbanek

The aspiration to keep the synergy in relations between majorities and minorities repeatedly emerges as the cause of conflicts in social relations. It is also a subject of the interest of the multicultural education, particularly in countries of Eastern Europe, building contacts with the culturally and ethnically diverse groups to a wider scale. Relations in culturally, religiously and ethnic diverse societies, are becoming more and more related to the personal attitudes and a given policy. These issues acquire in the prison circumstances even greater significance, as given moods and personal attitudes of the prison staff create the pragmatic aspects of the professional activities addressed to the sentenced. Additionally, the key role is played by the quality of the penitentiary policy and the legal culture. The article presents the comparative analysis of the research carried out in 2016 amongst the prison staff in Poland. The subject of the research concerned attitudes that influence the decisive processes. The personal relations have been analyzed in the context of the relation with the sentenced Muslims. The aim of the research was not only to reveal the quality of the decisions concerning the sentenced Muslims, but also the sources of such decisions. The latter, in consequence, may shift, as the research results prove, towards synergy or discrimination. The diversification of the discrimination was one of the intriguing aspects, disclosed at various levels that not always explicitly concerned the discrimination of the minority.


2003 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Low

That is the achievement of the psychologists. In our own society they are very kind, and do everything for our own good. The tales of what they do elsewhere are rather terrifying.—Hilda NeatbySo Little for the Mind (1953)Documenting the impact of the mental hygiene movement has been problematical for historians. The hygienists operated in the realm of mass psychology and social relations, within the “mentalities” of children—particularly of the postwar generation—who have left little observable evidence of changing social attitudes and relationships resulting from changes to mass child-rearing and schooling practices. The influence of the movement upon parenting literature and curricular documents may be readily observed in postwar baby books, magazines, newspapers, radio scripts, and films, as well as in the changing language of educational theorists and practitioners. But as to seeing the actual effects of this material upon any society, documentary evidence has remained elusive.


1859 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 381-457 ◽  

The necessity of discussing so great a subject as the Theory of the Vertebrate Skull in the small space of time allotted by custom to a lecture, has its advantages as well as its drawbacks. As, on the present occasion, I shall suffer greatly from the disadvantages of the limitation, I will, with your permission, avail myself to the uttermost of its benefits. It will be necessary for me to assume much that I would rather demonstrate, to suppose known much that I would rather set forth and explain at length; but on the other hand, I may consider myself excused from entering largely either into the history of the subject, or into lengthy and controversial criticisms upon the views which are, or have been, held by others. The biological science of the last half-century is honourably distinguished from that of preceding epochs, by the constantly increasing prominence of the idea, that a community of plan is discernible amidst the manifold diversities of organic structure. That there is nothing really aberrant in nature; that the most widely different organisms are connected by a hidden bond; that an apparently new and isolated structure will prove, when its characters are thoroughly sifted, to be only a modification of something which existed before,—are propositions which are gradually assuming the position of articles of faith in the mind of the investigators of animated nature, and are directly, or by implication, admitted among the axioms of natural history.


1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (29) ◽  
pp. 34-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorrian Lambley

How to accommodate and utilize the insights and the methodology of marxism – and, simply, its potential as a vehicle for social change – at a time when the popular perception of its political ideology stands discredited? Dorrian Lambley explores the dilemma through the specifics of developments in British theatre since 1968 – the stifling of the early radical impulses under political and economic pressures, which has produced, at best, a sense of marginalization, at worst a conviction of impotence. In proposing ways of working within this situation, Lambley draws on the writings of dramatists such as Edward Bond to suggest that marxism must recognize the most important of the liberal humanist emphases – ‘the presence of the subject’, but perceived within a marxist understanding of social relations. Dorrian Lambley is presently working on her doctoral thesis in the University of Exeter, where she helped to organize the conference ‘Theatre and the Discourses of Power’, on which she wrote in the ‘Reports and Announcements’ section of NTQ28 (1991).


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