Konstantin Semenovich Pigrov as an Epicurean of the 21st century (on the occasion of his 85th birthday)

Abstract

We present to your attention a conversation about a wonderful person, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Konstantin Semyonovich Pigrov. For almost half a century he worked at the Faculty of Philosophy at St. Petersburg University (now the Institute of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University). I have already had to interview him (“Philosophy of Creativity and Creativity in Philosophy: An Interview with Professor K.S. Pigrov, July 2010” [8]) and publish an essay about him (“Strokes on the Philosophy of Life and Work of K.S. Pigrov” [5]). Recently, Konstantin Semyonovich turned 85 years old and this was the reason for a topical conversation about him with my imaginary interlocutor, the cat Kuzyа. Of course, Kuzya is a fictional character that the author needed in order to create a more voluminous projection of the personality of the colleague under discussion on the reflection screen. Similar conversations with colleagues from the Institute of Philosophy of St. Petersburg State University (I.I. Dokuchaev, B.V. Markov) have already been published in Russian scientific journals, incl. in “Issues of Cultural Studies” [6; 7]. I thank the editors of the journal for kindly agreeing to publish such an unusual conversation about Professor K.S. Pigrov.