Merab Mamardashvili

georgian) Socrates") were taped and published after his

death by his disciple Yuri Senokosov. Lecturing abroad,
Mamardashvili gave talks in Germany, France, and other
countries. He died from a heart attack at a Moscow Airport on November 25, 1990.
Inuenced by Ren Descartes and classical German philosophy (especially Immanuel Kant), Mamardashvili contributed to rationalist theory of perception. His main research elds were: general gnoseological notion of processes of analysis and synthesis, the methodology of science and of the historic-philosophical studies, the role of
consciousness in social being, the relationship between
consciousness and the aesthetics, the overall meta-theory
of language and consciousness. He considered the consciousness the ultimate subject of philosophy. Some
of the most famous phrases, coined by Mamardashvili
are: consciousness is paradoxicalness impossible to get
used to (same-titled article can be found here: http://
philosophy.ru/library/mmk/paradox.html ), consciousness is an experience of inexperiencable experiences,
phenomenology is the accompanying feature of all the
philosophy, loneliness is my profession and so on.
In the preview to the edition of the major compilation of
his works by St.-Petersburg publishing house Azbookaclassica in 2002 he has been introduced one of the most
interesting contemporary philosophers, the man of impeccable style, magical fascination and rare kindness.
Merab Mamardashvili on the cover of his book The Arrow of There also was noted there, that all of his interests have
Cognition
been concentrated on the human personality, its freedom
and responsibility, on the role of philosophy in life and its
Merab
Mamardashvili
(Georgian:
place in the culture.
, Russian: In May 2001 a monument to him was unveiled in Tbilisi.
; September 15, 1930 November 25,
1990) was a Georgian philosopher, Doctor of Sciences
(1968), Professor (1972). He was born in Gori (Eastern 1 Bibliography
Georgia). In 1955 he graduated from the Faculty of
Philosophy of the Moscow State University. From 1968
The process of analysis and synthesis
to 1987 he was a Deputy Editor of the scientic journal
(1958)(" ")
Voprosi Filosoi (Questions of Philosophy). He
Forms and Contents of Thinking (1968) (
became a Professor of the Moscow State University and
)
a Senior Research Fellow of the Moscow Institute of
Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Science. From
Converted form [1970] ( " " 1987-1990 Mamardashvili was head of the Department
article for the Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
of the Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy of the Georgian
Symbol and Consciousness ( ),
Academy of Sciences and Professor of the Tbilisi State
(1974), together with A.Piatigorsky (published
University.
1982)
In his life only a few books were published, his lectures
The Problem of Objective Method in Psychology
(for his style of lecturing he and others called them con(1977)
versations or dialogues and he was called russian (or
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The Arrow of Cognition (1978)
Classic and Non-classic Ideals of Rationality
(1984) (
)
Phenomenology and its Role in Contemporary Philosophy (1988)
How Do I Understand Philosophy? (1990) (
)
Kantian Themes (1990) (" ",
published 1991 in the philosophical almanac
Quintessence p. 120-158)
Conscious and the Philosophical Calling (1988)
Cartesian Meditations[1986] (published 1993)
( )
Aesthetics of Thinking [1987](published 1993)
(" ")
Psychological Topology of Path (Lectures on
Proust)[1981] (published 1997) (
( ))

See also
Mamardashvili (Georgian surname)
Evald Ilyenkov
List of Georgians
Philosophy in the Soviet Union

External links
A 1989 Interview from The Civic Arts Review journal of Ohio Wesleyan University
About the monument
Merab Mamardashvili at the Gallery of ISFP

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