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TELEOLOGY AS A METHOD OF HISTORICAL COGNITION IN RICKERT'S PHILOSOPHY
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The paper is devoted to the explication of the inner mechanism of the teleological method in its relation to values as the principle of historical cognition as it is presented in H. Rickert's philosophy. The problem of the principles and methods of historical cognition is extremely important for contemporary philosophy as its crucial points concern not only basic grounds of historical cognition itself but also the very being of Mankind. One can see that nowadays among historians and philosophers there is not common and firm understanding of what the essence of historical cognition is and what methods it must be guided by. There is a variety of conceptions and viewpoints on this problem. It has led to the fact that different types of history has appeared. Now we cannot speak about history, but we have to speak about histories or even historical strategies and practices of historical cognition. However, the situation becomes complicated when we realize that the problem does not only belong to the sphere of pure science but it also deals with our own self-consciousness and self-understanding. It becomes clear when history is used in politics. Here it serves as an instrument of manipulation and a force of forming an ideology. Using history, political and military propaganda gives simple and unequivocal worldview. Thus, propaganda replaces methodological perplexity and philosophical disappointment caused by postmodern intellectual ferment.
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