I. Kant’s cognitive axiological ideas and everyday cognition

  • Raisa N. Dozhdikova Belarusian National Technical University, 65 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220013, Belarus

Abstract

The concept of truth proposed by I. Kant is investigated, which is a synthesis of correspondent and coherent concepts of truth. Three levels of the truth of everyday knowledge are considered: 1) the truth of real things (subject knowledge), events (situational-event knowledge) and relationships (communicative knowledge); 2) cognitive-practical truth (knowledge-skill, knowledge-recipe); 3) axiological truth (knowledge in the field of religion, morality, art). The peculiarities of understanding absolute and relative truth in everyday knowledge are revealed, the criteria of its reliability are described. It is noted that the truth of everyday knowledge is characterised by subjectivity, sensory certainty, pragmatism, situational relativity, concreteness, intuitiveness, conformity to common sense. I. Kant’s cognitive position, which presupposes a constant search for truth, can be characterised as scientific ignorance. The philosopher did not deny the knowability of the world, but only pointed out the boundaries of knowledge.

Author Biography

Raisa N. Dozhdikova, Belarusian National Technical University, 65 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220013, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; associate professor at the department of philosophical studies, faculty of management technologies and humanisation

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Published
2024-07-01
Keywords: knowledge, limits, correspondent and coherent concepts of truth, truth, everyday cognition, sociocode
How to Cite
Dozhdikova, R. N. (2024). I. Kant’s cognitive axiological ideas and everyday cognition. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology, 2, 14-21. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/sociology/article/view/6280
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No 2 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology
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