Introduction to philosophy. Mamardashvili M.

Merab Konstantinovich Mamardashvili (1930–1990) is one of the most significant thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century. The present publication included two courses of lectures read by M.K. Mamardashvili at VGIK in 1979-1980 under the general name “Introduction to Philosophy”. Of the entire legacy of the author, these lectures are the most affordable and understandable to a wide range of readers.

The book analyzes the nature, nature and purpose of philosophical thinking. The examples given from the history of philosophy shows why and how the abstract apparatus of philosophical reasoning and language is built, what problems of existence suggest in human cultures and personality the development of skills and the ability to philosophize, which is the difference between the real philosophy and philosophy of teachings and systems. << /p>