Chekrygin O., Nadeina D., Mezentsev I.V. —
The use of mathematical analogies in the interpretation of self-knowledge of the Divine Super-Being
// Philosophical Thought. – 2025. – ¹ 2.
– P. 26 - 42.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8728.2025.2.73077
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/fr/article_73077.html
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Abstract: In this article, the authors continue to develop a new ontological perspective outlined in previously published works, in which the descent of a Single Super-Being into the Super-Existence of a personal God occurs without any will on the part of the deity: being due to the freedom imputed to the Absolute to be or to be in both of these states at once, and the Absolute and its other Non-Existence, reflected in each other like systems of two mirrors installed in parallel create a world of many things through successive reflections in each other, similar to the negation of negation: not-not the Absolute = the Absolute itself, which revealed Itself and began to be a personal God, or, in the Neoplatonic scheme, the second ontological level of the existing Mind (Nusa). Further descent through the Neoplatonic levels of the ontology of Mind>Soul>According to the concept we are developing, people follow the same pattern of "negation-negation" of mutual reflections: The Mind, denying its own disappearance, will generate a Soul, the Soul will embody ideas into things so as not to disappear, which leads to the abandonment of the need to immerse ideas in the chorus. In this publication, the authors want to propose a new model for revealing the ontology of the divine through mathematical analogies. The use of mathematical and geometric analogies in the interpretation of divine existence is found more than once in history (for example, in Nicholas of Cusa), however, the classical experiments of "mathematical theology" were formed long before the cardinal paradigm shifts in mathematical science and therefore need a qualitative update of their application as an illustration of the ontology of Reality developed by the authors, as a self-knowledge of the Word generated by God-ideas about the world through the existence of the Cosmos.
Based on the conducted research, the authors come to the conclusion that successive acts of self-knowledge of Reality and the development of being in the ontological time of the observable universe occur in parallel, which is precisely reflected in the coherence of a pair of numbers-names: the imaginary number of the act of self-knowledge of Reality corresponds to the real number of the moment of time in the existence of the world. Thus, the authors conclude that the ontological time of the universe is discrete, and the existence of the world appears as separate frozen frames of the state of the universe at a time corresponding to a numbered act of self-knowledge of a Given. The scientific novelty of this approach is self-evident.
Chekrygin O., Nadeina D., Mezentsev I.V. —
The concept of God as a Contemplative: cosmological, anthropological, and ethical-soteriological aspects
// Philosophical Thought. – 2025. – ¹ 1.
– P. 67 - 93.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8728.2025.1.73209
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/fr/article_73209.html
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Abstract: In this publication, the authors offer an experience in the theoretical construction of a cosmological concept based on the idea of God as a Contemplative. The specifics of this model are revealed in comparison with similar schemes from the history of philosophy. The author's approach is consistent with the principles of the New Testament revelation, as well as modern scientific data. The article shows a way to overcome the typical problems of classical cosmogonic concepts for European philosophy, starting from Antiquity. The article presents the problems of typical solutions to the cosmological question in European philosophy and offers the experience of a consistent model of the coexistence of God as the Absolute and the worlds generated by him, including material ones similar to the observable universe, based on the category of "contemplation". This category is briefly considered by the authors in a historical and theological context, then a general description of the new theological and cosmological model is given. The authors reveal the paradigmatic limitations of the philosophical understanding of God, focusing on the need to take into account the influence of natural philosophical beliefs of a particular era, which are reflected in religious doctrines (along with the personal experience of a particular thinker). In the second half of the article, specific conclusions from the proposed theological and philosophical concept are indicated: 1) cosmological conclusions (divine ideas and the way they are implemented in the world; the question of theodicy; understanding divine Providence); 2) anthropological (human phenomenon; changing approach to human rationality; characterization of God's will in relation to individual freedom); 3) ethical-soteriological (communion with God, divine revelation and salvation; comprehension of certain ethical categories within the framework of a new concept; ontological meaning of heaven and hell). The presented philosophical and religious concept of the "Contemplative God" represents a fundamentally new direction within the framework of religious and philosophical thought. This model is distinguished by its uniqueness and internal logical consistency, being free from the limitations and disadvantages inherent in previous philosophical systems. Its theoretical significance and originality can arouse wide interest in the scientific and philosophical community, opening up new perspectives for research in this field.
Chekrygin O., Nadeina D., Mezentsev I.V. —
The problems of the neoplatonic disclosure of the hypotheses of "Parmenides" and the solution of the "aporia of transcendence"
// Philosophical Thought. – 2024. – ¹ 12.
– P. 161 - 174.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8728.2024.12.72346
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/fr/article_72346.html
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Abstract: This article reveals the principle of deducing a set from Unity based on the hypotheses of "Parmenides". The authors establish a correlation between the Platonic and Neoplatonic conceptual presentation of the various stages (levels) of descent from the absolutely One to the absolutely Different. At the end of the article, some of the main problems of Platonic ontology and cosmology are systematized, such as the "aporia of transcendence" and its solution proposed by the authors.
The article analyzes, in traditional theological language, the correlation of the "apophatic" and "cataphatic" aspects of the Platonic One and raises the problem of explaining the transition of the One from one ontological level to another.
It is shown that this difficulty is fundamental for the Platonic tradition as such, among others, and suggests ways to solve it in the form of a mutual reflection of the superposition of states of "being-non-being".
The Hegelian dialectic of contradiction, and the correlation of platonic ontology with some aspects of modern natural science knowledge (in particular, ideas about the superposition of quantum objects) The scientific novelty proposed by the authors in this publication consists in deducing being and the very One-being from the One by "negating negation", similar to the eponymous law of Hegel's dialectic.
The model of negation of negation proposed by the authors through the double reflection of Oneself as One, in our opinion, makes up for the lack of Plato's explanation of the transition from the One to the One-being and solves the general philosophical ontological problem known as the aporia of transcendence. Moreover, being applied to all ontological levels without exception, except for the unclaimed lower level of chora, low-quality matter, it is able to explain transitions from higher to lower levels without the need for emanation as a self-propagation of Good, the causality of which, in our opinion, has not been correctly substantiated.