FROM CULTURE OF SENSE TO THE SENSE OF CULTURE

Abstract

The semantic sphere is a kind of Siamese twin of culture: on the one hand, it is inconceivable outside of culture and on the other hand, the semantic sphere creates a substantive foundation, the first and last interpretative boundary for each cultural phenomenon. Although such close genetic interdependency between culture and sense is not subject to doubt, the questions about the meaningful parameters of culture and about cultural uniqueness of sense remain open. Semantic field is the foundation for any direction of philosophical knowledge. Culture is also impossible beyond a certain semantic hierarchy of priorities. It is therefore natural that the philosophical approach to culture depends largely on the specific meaning of the concepts, semantic foundations of human existence and society as well. At the level of collective consciousness the expediency for the meaningful demarcation between culture and civilization, as a rule, is not visible. The theoretical and especially philosophical levels of consciousness both allow such expediency and also frequently insist on such necessity. The conceptual intrigue is what kind of conceptual markers are necessary for enclosing in a conceptual framework of the meaningful demarcation. Multidimensional nature of culture is a direct consequence of the diversity of factors that are in the foundation of its origin, historical genesis and its modern application. Among these factors, one can identify a complex symbiosis of rationality and irrationality, myth and religion, ethics and aesthetics. Each of these aspects has contributed to the emergence of modern culture format. The stereotypes of mass consciousness about science a priori have at least one significant flaw – the lack of critical assessments of the current status quo. The philosophical reflection is intended to neutralize this disadvantage. Finally, a critical, balanced and integrated approach to science is very important for the science itself because it can help to adequately assess the risks and threats and also provide «the work on mistakes» with convincing evidence.