No 4 (2011)

In the article the author focuses on the situation with sources for the work of the German philosopher F.W.J. Schelling. The article argues for the necessity of giving up several methodological stereotypes typical for the traditional approaches to the history of the German idealism and tries to outline the main trends of the developing an interdisciplinary research strategy for studies on Schellings philosophical work. The author shows on this example the indissoluble connection between textology and hermeneutics in the history of philosophy.

The article deals with the problem of relation between faith and reason in works of philosophy professors at various russian theological colleges in XIX century. The author analyses the evolution of the problem in the history of christian philisophy and try to define the specific features of the solution proposed by the russian theologians of the XIX century.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the position of Chinese philosopher Hu Shih in the philosophical discussion in China about the historical priority of Lao-zi or Confucious. Hu Shih's argumentation of historicity of Lao-zi and of his priority is reproduced. Analyzing Hu Shih's polemics with Ling Qichao and Feng Youlan reveals the ideological background of this scientific debate.

This article is devoted to one of the most famous sufy theoretics of the Xth century al-Qushchayi (986-1072) whose treatise Principles of Sufism is considered to be one of the most readable works on theory of Islam mysticism among sufies all over the world. This article deals with the ideological basis of al-Qushchayi's work. Basing on the arabic sources and modern studies, the author comes to the conclusion that this famous sufy follows the ideas of Asharite theology. In the article are examined the main Asharite ideas and their influence on al-Qushchayi's works, that include ideas of atomism, free will and predestination, divine attributes, etc. In addition, the article examines the historical and social conditions of the certain Caliphate period and their influence on the Arab thinker.

The Western way of thinking has been dominated by the Aristotelian law of the excluded middle. Even though Hegel tried to initiate a revolution in the Western thought through his dialectical logic, the Aristotelian logic or the either/or logic still haunts the European philosophy. However, the Hegelian logic is not clear enough in epistemological terms to solve the problem of dualism. It is Charles Hartshorne who could be said to have successfully solved this problem in the West. In the article the author demonstrates what he calls the Hartshornian Way and argues for this way as the only one through which truths of the opposites can be successfully recognized and combined together.