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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Philosophy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Philosophy</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Cерия: Философия</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2302</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8900</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">52780</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2302-2026-30-3-719-729</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">RZMXUJ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THE PHILOSOPHY OF ERNST CASSIRER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ФИЛОСОФИЯ ЭРНСТА КАССИРЕРА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Ernst Cassirer’s Philosophy in the Context of the Cultural Turn</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Философия Эрнста Кассирера в контексте «культурного поворота»</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5904-8701</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7397-2924</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Soboleva</surname><given-names>Maja E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Соболева</surname><given-names>Майя Евгеньевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>DSc in Philosophy, Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор философских наук, экстраординарный профессор</p></bio><email>sobolme63@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Philipps University of Marburg</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет им. ландграфа Филиппа</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-10-14" publication-format="electronic"><day>14</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">THE PHILOSOPHY OF ERNST CASSIRER</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ФИЛОСОФИЯ ЭРНСТА КАССИРЕРА</issue-title><fpage>719</fpage><lpage>729</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-10-14"><day>14</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Soboleva M.E.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Соболева М.Е.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Soboleva M.E.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Соболева М.Е.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/52780">https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/article/view/52780</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The research serves as an introduction to Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms from the perspective of the so-called “cultural turn” in the methodology of science. Although Cassirer viewed his system as “prolegomena” to a future philosophy of culture and can therefore be regarded as a harbinger of the processes that took place in the late twentieth-century sciences, his philosophy, due to historical circumstances, did not exert a significant influence on their development. However, it has become widely sought after precisely because of these very changes. The study discusses the factors that have accounted for the “renaissance” of Cassirer’s theory since the early 1990s. The author then points to problematic areas in the philosophical study of the system of symbolic forms. Three aspects are particularly highlighted: the extent to which Cassirer’s approach to understanding culture is “Kantian”; the methodological status of symbolic forms, in particular, what is meant by their a priori character; and whether Cassirer’s philosophy of culture is idealistic, or whether his constructivism can be viewed as a form of realism. These aspects already indicate that Cassirer's theory still holds considerable potential for reflection and possible further development. Some approaches to working with Cassirer’s theoretical legacy are presented in the research. Overall, this paper is introductory in nature and is intended as an opening to this issue, which is devoted to an analysis of the philosophy of one of the significant thinkers of the 20th century.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Исследование представляет собой введение в философию символических форм Кассирера из перспективы так называемого «поворота к культуре» (cultural turn) в методологии науки. Несмотря на то, что свою систему Кассирер рассматривал как «пролегомены» к будущей философии культуры и поэтому его можно рассматривать как предвестника процессов, произошедших в науке конца XX в., его философия в силу исторических условий не оказала значительного влияния на их развитие. Однако она оказалась широко востребованной именно в силу произошедших изменений. Обсуждаются факторы, обусловившие «ренессанс» теории Кассирера с начала 90-х гг. прошлого века. Указываются проблемные зоны в философском исследовании системы символических форм. Особо выделяются три аспекта: насколько «кантианским» является подход Кассирера к пониманию культуры; каков методологический статус символических форм, в частности, что означает их априорный характер; является ли философия культуры Кассирера идеалистической или его конструктивизм можно рассматривать как одну из форм реализма. Уже эти аспекты указывают на то, что теория Кассирера до сих пор обладает большим потенциалом для осмысления и возможного развития. Приводятся некоторые из подходов к работе с теоретическим наследием Кассирера. Исследование носит характер введения к данному выпуску, посвященному анализу философии одного из значительных мыслителей XX в.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>philosophy of symbolic forms</kwd><kwd>cultural turn</kwd><kwd>Neo-Kantianism</kwd><kwd>apriority</kwd><kwd>symbol</kwd><kwd>idealism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>философия символических форм</kwd><kwd>поворот к культуре</kwd><kwd>неокантианство</kwd><kwd>априорность</kwd><kwd>символ</kwd><kwd>идеализм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group><fn xml:lang="ru"><p><sup>* </sup>Йельский университет имеет статус организации, деятельность которой признана нежелательной на территории Российской Федерации.</p></fn></fn-group></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Recki B. Kultur als Praxis. Eine Einführung in Ernst Cassirers Philosophie der symbolischen Formen. 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