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Gurevich, P. S. Human as an Effort to Be Human… (Review of the Book Published by the Kanon+ Publishing)

Abstract: This is the review of a book written by a famous scientist Roger Smith. In his fundamental work Roger Smith defends the status of philosophical anthropology. Based on numerous researches in philosophy, natural science and humanities, he successively creates a teaching about human nature. His position made the author of the article to refer to sources on philosophy, biology, psychology, social studies and pedagogy. That allowed to reconstruct the integrated concept of Roger Smith who insisted on the fundamental difference between natural science and humanities and emphasized the basic feature of the term ‘human nature’. By introducing the principle of human self-actualization, Roger Smith compared it to the historical knowledge. He showed that human was what the history had made him to be. In his review the author has used the methods of historical and philosophical analysis allowing to trace back the development of philosophical anthropology as a branch of science. The author also uses the hermeneutic method and axiological approach allowing to de􀏔ine the meaning of particular notions and values. The novelty of the article is in the analytical development of a detailed and deep research of Roger Smith. In his discussion the author of the review uses the terms ‘human nature’ and ‘human essence’ and analyzes the two trends in modern philosophy of anthropology – new naturalism and sociologism. He also describes the prospects of philosophical anthropology.


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philosophical anthropology, psychology, social studies, teaching, pedagogy, human nature, existence of human, nature, natural science, sociality, value.


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