THE RELEVANT OTHERWORLDNESS OF PHYLOSOPHY

Abstract

O.A. Gabrielyan's position stated in his article "Projectmaticity of Philosophy" was analyzed. A number of existing cultural, pedagogical and historical approaches to de-fining the concept of projectmaticity were examined and it was concluded that it has a rather vague, blurred meaning. But in any case, projectmaticity is interpreted as something that is the opposite of a passive-contemplative attitude to reality. O.A. Ga-brielyan shares this understanding and supplements it with qualifiers such as innova-tion and pragmatism. He sees projectmaticity as an attributive quality of philosophy, which should underpin the transformation of teaching philosophy in higher educa-tional establishments. His programme is aimed at the idea of “the philosophy teacher "reformatting" himself and his profession”. The existing objective conditions in which the pedagogical process takes place are not considered to be subject to change. The specific proposals formulated by O.A. Gabrielian in pursuance of this idea are criti-cally analyzed. It is shown that projectmaticity (however it may be understood) is a quality inherent not only in philosophy, but also in any science and - more broadly - any spiritual education. Hence, in particular, the intellectual potential of philosophy in higher educational establishments can be realized not through the cultivation of projectmaticity, but through the revival of its significance as a scientific outlook. This cannot be done within existing realities, which means that realities need to be changed. So we suggest specific steps that should be taken by the teaching community in the near future.