From Scientific Reason to Pseudo-mystical Cognition. Narration by Robert Musil

• Authors: Tanski M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author shows a transition in attitude from mathematical logic, realistic and scientifically passionate, to non-logical intuition. Example for analysis is Ulrich's character, presented in novel 'The Man without Qualities' by Robert Musil. These two poles of living, i.e. reason and intuition, apparently opposite to one another, but interconnected, point out some meaningful project of human being, pursuing the essence of 'proper reasonable living'. This project is founded on development of human imagination, understood not as escape from unbearable conditions (as Ulrich's attitude), but as a kind of anticipation vehicle of human possibilities to bear unsuitable existential conditions.

Keywords

EN

HUMAN IMAGINATION'S DEVELOPMENT; REASON & INTUITION

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Science Studies Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 353-367
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tanski M.

• M. Tanski, Akademia Pedagogiczna w Krakowie, Katedra Psychologii, al. Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA03817640