The principle of toposity in P.A. Florensky’s religious philosophy
Annotation
The author of the article shows that the relationship between the three stages of the development of the problem of truth in history (from myth to logos, from logos to Logos and back, and finally, from logos to negation of logos) is regulated by the problem of actual infinity. Using the example of understanding truth as an actual infinity by P. A. Florensky, the author shows that the development of the problem of truth involves going beyond the limits of the mind-logos and can be directed both to the right and to the left. In the first case, such a departure leads to deification, in the second — to postmodernism. The presence of the limits laid down by the mind-logos, as well as the presence of two directions opening up behind them, makes it necessary to re-evaluate the tradition of logocentrism with the priority of the mind and the unified image of intelligibility and the assertion of the priority of reality with the following separation of the one on this side from the one on the other side, which is the so-called principle of toposity (locality). The author of the article concludes that the application of this principle is necessary not only for understanding Florensky’s religious philosophy, but also for assessing the significance and possibilities of postmodernism, in particular the justification of «postmodern theology».
Keywords
the principle of logosity, the principle of toposity, P. A. Florensky, postmodernism, truth, actual infinity.
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