Philosophy as It Is: The Second Mironov Readings

Abstract

In early April the Department of Philosophy at Moscow State University for two days held the Second Mironov Readings, held in the memory of our colleague, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science Vladimir Vasilyevich Mironov, a long-time head of the Department. The speeches at the Conference touched upon a wide range of philosophical topics from exiting the Plato’s cage (by Professor Dagmar Mironova) to developing courseware for certain branches of philosophy. Professors of MGIMO University were represented at the Conference by Professor V. S. Glagolev and M. V. Silantyeva. The plenary report by B. I. Pruzhinin and T. G. Shchedrina from the editorial board of the Journal Voprosy Filosofii was followed by an energetic discussion of cultural problems and intellectual continuity. In the track devoted to the problems of culture, the reports by N. V. Kuznetsov (SPbU), A. M. Sokolov (SPbU), A. A. Krotov (MSU), and A. P. Zabiyako (Amur State University) stood out. M. O. Kedrova (MSU) deconstructed the text theory of Paul de Man, head of the Yale School of Criticism. M. A. Kobrinets (MSU) revealed the features of the interpretation of time in the philosophy of the theater of the second half of the 20th century. A brilliant analysis of the theories of historical memory was presented in the report by D. A. Anikina. These and other speeches presented the main directions of the development of domestic cultural knowledge. The influence of V. V. Mironov on this process, as well as on the whole process of the development of philosophy in our Fatherland, can hardly be overestimated.