Gnoseo-praxeological and anthropo-ethical aspects of Wang Yangming's philosophy

Abstract

The subject of the research is the onto-epistemological, praxeological, anthropo-ethical aspects of the philosophy of Wang Yangming is founder of neo-Confucianism of the Ming era. A special role in this context is played by linguistic symbols in understanding the gnoseologization of ontology, the axiologisation of the cognitive process. The dialectical interrelation of knowledge and action, good and evil, love and hatred in any human activity is revealed. A comparative analysis of the understanding of action in yangminism and Western philosophy has been carried out. The value of the study is due to the substantiation of the methodological role of Wang Yangming's philosophy in strengthening the positions of the internalist direction of neo-Confucianism.

 The relevance of the research topic is due, firstly, to the dynamics of the development of the modern world, integration processes, strengthening the principles of the open world, expanding the information and communication space; secondly, the increased interest in the doctrine of “coincident unity of knowledge and action” (zhi xing he yi), which determines the essence of the main category of Wang Yangming’s teaching – “prudence” (liang zhi); thirdly, the increased intercultural contacts with the business circles of modern China, the effective implementation of which is impossible without taking into account a wide range of ideas about the features of national culture, the core of which is the basic principles and categories of Confucianism and neo-Confucianism.