Philosophical knowledge developed for many hundreds of years. During this time new views on the nature, society and thinking were born, there were theories containing the basic principles of a peace arrangement. The modern philosophy still remains basic science, the integrator of knowledge of reality. It incorporated the best achievements of thinkers of the past, having enriched them with new contents.
Instruction
1. A framework of modern philosophy in the history of science meanwhile in accuracy is not defined. The reason for that – ambiguity and blurring of the concept "modern era". It is considered to be that the new stage in development of philosophical thought came at the beginning of the 20th century when significant shifts in natural sciences were outlined and large-scale social transformations began. Changes in fundamental science and society found reflection and in development of philosophical knowledge.
2. The philosophy of modern and latest times represents a combination of diverse theories and the directions. In this science contradictory trends of development of society and scientific methodology were shown. Modern philosophers pay attention not only to scientific, but also and to a moral and ethical component of the field of knowledge. The philosophy at a turn of the millennia began to affect outlook of mankind even more.
3. In the history of philosophy allocate three main directions in which the modern philosophy develops. It is analytical philosophy, hermeneutics and phenomenology. The scientists working in this directions develop theories which are based on modern ideas of development of society, thinking and the nature in all its manifestations.
4. The phenomenology is concentrated on enriching the content of interior. Passing through consciousness, the reality loses sharpness and becomes grown poor, lifeless, representatives of this philosophical current consider. To enrich inner world, it is necessary to pay attention to consciousness of the person. The phenomenological method which is carried out through a dynamic combination of contemplation, experiences and personal meanings helps with it.
5. In the center of hermeneutics there is a mode of work with information based on interpretation and understanding of texts. The main attention is paid to language and its opportunities here. In hermeneutics mean by the term "understanding" not only leading of a certain phenomenon peculiar to science under a concept, but also filling of this concept sense. In this regard the hermeneutics approaches phenomenology methods. This direction began to develop violently with the advent of information technologies.
6. Fundamentals of modern analytical philosophy – the detailed and comprehensive analysis of language and logic of thinking. The channelized philosophical takes mathematics with its strict and exact methods for a sample of a research and statements of data. Use of mathematical methodology allows philosophers to go beyond the general reasonings and to concentrate on exact methods of search of regularities of life. Modern philosophy, following this way, turns from abstract science into the area of knowledge available to check by methods of other sciences.