Valery Alekandrovich Kuvakin (born May 8, 1939 , Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian historian of philosophy . Doctor of Philosophy , professor .
| Valery Alexandrovich Kuvakin | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | May 8, 1939 (80 years) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
| A country |  USSR →  Russia |
| Scientific field | philosophy |
| Place of work | Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov |
| Academic degree | |
| Known as | philosopher , specialist in the history of philosophy |
| Site | humanism.ru |
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Biography
He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov ( 1967 ). In 1970 he defended his thesis “The Existentialism of N. Berdyaev and Modernity ” and in the same year began his work at the philosophy department of Moscow State University . Doctoral dissertation - "Religious idealism in Russia of the era of imperialism " ( 1980 ). Since 1984 - Professor . In 1986 - 1992 [1] - Head of the Department of the History of the Philosophy of the Peoples of the USSR / History of Russian Philosophy [2] .
In the 70s and 80s he published a number of his works on Marxism and religious existentialism . Since the beginning of the 90s, scientific interests have been in the field of ethics , cultural studies , psychology , anthropology, and neometaphysics; his work on secular humanism , probabilism, and selective skepticism has been published [2] . The writings of this period presented a holistic statement of the principles and values of modern secular (civil) humanism .
Member of the editorial board of the journal " Revolutionary World " ( 1982 - 1984 ). Editor-in-Chief (until 1993 ) of the journal “ MSU Bulletin . Philosophy Series. Editor-in-Chief (since 1996 ) of the quarterly “ Common sense. Journal of skeptics, optimists and humanists . ” The compiler, editor and author of the preface of a number of publications of monographs of foreign scholars of the humanistic direction, as well as the editor and one of the authors of the book “History of Russian Philosophy: 10th — 20th centuries” published in English in the USA
Member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (MGES) , Honorary President of the Russian Humanist Society (RGO) , Academician-Secretary of the International Academy of Humanism, Member of the first and second members of the Commission to combat pseudoscience and falsification of scientific research under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences , member of the Academic Council of the Existential Psychology Institute and life creativity [3] .
He prepared 39 candidates and 3 doctors of science.
Selected bibliography
- in Russian
- Kuvakin V.A. Criticism of Berdyaev's existentialism. - M .: Publishing House of Moscow State University , 1975.
- Kuvakin, V.A. Marxist Philosophical Thought in the USA: 70s of the 20th Century. - Moscow: Moscow State University Publishing House , 1975.
- Kuvakin V. A. Religious Philosophy in Russia: The Beginning of the 20th Century. - Moscow: Thought , 1975.
- Kuvakin V. A. Philosophy of Vl. Solovyov. - M .: " Knowledge ", 1988.
- Kuvakin V. A. What is philosophy ?. - M .: Publishing House of Moscow State University , 1988.
- V. Kuvakin. V. Lenin's Worldview: Formation and Main Features. - Moscow: MGU Publishing House , 1990.
- Kuvakin V. A. Personal Metaphysics of Hope and Surprise: Notes on the Unknown, Human and Inhuman, on Probable and Incredible Russia. - Moscow: Koffi, 1993.
- Kuvakin V.A. Your paradise and hell. Humaneness and inhumanity of a person: Philosophy, psychology and style of thinking of humanism. - SPb .: “Aletheia.” - M .: “Logos”, 1998. - 360 p. ISBN 5-89329-093-6 (err.)
- Kuvakin V. А. The foundations of modern humanism. - M .: RGO, 2002 (in collaboration)
- Kuvakin V.A. Thinkers of Russia. - Moscow: RGO, 2005.
- Borzenko I.M., Kuvakin V.A., Kudishin A.A. Human Humanity: The Basics of Modern Humanism. Textbook for universities. - Moscow: RGO, 2005.
- Kuvakin V.A., Kovaleva V.P. Uncertainty. Izhevsk: SIC "Regular and chaotic dynamics". Institute of Computer Technologies, 2006.— 112 p. ISBN 5-93972-545-7
- in other languages
- Kuvakin VA: A Philosophy of Philosophy: From the Tenth Through the Twentieth Centuries. - Vol. I, II.– Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1993. (in collaboration)
- Kuvakin VA In search of Our Humanity. Amherst, USA: Prometheus Books, 2003.
Selected Publications
- in Russian
- Kuvakin V.A. On the essence of modeling // Vestnik MGU . Series "Philosophy". - 1976. - № 2.
- Kuvakin V. A. Leninist interpretation of Marxism as an evolving doctrine. Article One // Bulletin of Moscow University . - Ser. 7. Philosophy. - 1988. - № 2. - p. 3
- Kuvakin V. A. V. Rozanov: “My soul is woven of mud, tenderness and sadness” // Vestnik MGU . Series "Philosophy". - 1989. - № 2.
- Kuvakin V.A. And the victims, and children, and free creatures // Bulletin of Higher Education . - 1989. - № 10.
- Kuvakin V.A. Lev Shestov's refutations and assumptions // Philosophical Sciences . - 1990. - № 2, 3.
- Kuvakin V. A. Is a democratic understanding of Marxism possible? // Bulletin of Moscow State University . Series "Philosophy". - 1992. - № 3.
- Kuvakin V. А. The Russian Humanist Society // Common Sense . - 2000. - № 16.
- Kuvakin V. А., Ginzburg V. L. International Humanist Movement and “Humanist Manifesto 2000” // Modern Humanism: Materials and Research. - M. Publishing House of the Russian Geographical Society, 2000.
- Kuvakin V. А. Modern humanism // Higher education in Russia . - 2002. - № 4.
- Library of Jacob Krotov, "From a Christian point of view." 06/14/2008
- Humanistic hypotheses - man .— RGO, 2009
- Humanism as a tool for moral reconstruction. - RGO
- A man in search of himself. - RGO
- Search in obscurity. - RGO
- in other languages
- The Phenomenon of Partiinost: Structure, Dynamics, and Dialectics. An Exposition // Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Buffalo, USA, 1977, # 1.
The full list of the works of the author at the end of 2006 is 17 monographs (5 of them co-authored) and more than 210 articles. In addition to these, V. A. Kuvakin is a scientific editor of 12 monographs published by the Russian Humanist Society.
See also
- Secular humanism
- Russian Humanist Society
- Commission to combat pseudoscience and falsification of scientific research
- In Defense of Science - Bulletin, publication of the Commission on Combating Pseudoscience
Notes
- ↑ Another period (1985–1992) is indicated on the website of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Moscow State University, see Department of History of Russian Philosophy (not available link) . // Philosophical Faculty of Moscow State University . The appeal date is April 27, 2014. Archived October 11, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Alekseev P.V. Kuvakin, Valery Aleksandrovich // Philosophers of Russia of the XIX-XX centuries. Biographies, ideas, works. - 4th ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Academic Project , 2002. - p. 505–506. - 1152 s. - ISBN 5-8291-0148-3 .
- Institute of Existential Psychology and Life Creativity / About the Institute
Links
- Biography on the site of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University
- Site of the Russian Humanist Society
- The site of the St. Petersburg branch of the RGO
- Journal Articles "Common sense"
- Quarterly "Common sense. Journal of skeptics, optimists and humanists " - on the website of the RGO
- In Defense of the Mind: Against aggression of charlatanry and paranormal beliefs in the Russian culture of the beginning of the XXI century. - Proceedings of the international symposium "Science, anti-science and paranormal beliefs." - Moscow, October 3 - 5, 2001 Comp. and ed. prof. V. A. Kuvakin. - Library of the journal "Common sense". - M .: Russian Humanist Society, 2003. - 246 p. ISBN 5-87387-004-7
- Chernega O. , Kuvakin V., Petrova T. “The Basics of Orthodox Culture - to Schools” (inaccessible link) (inaccessible link from 11-05-2013 [2276 days]) - Audio recording of the discussion on Radio Mayak