Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (Washington. D.C. USA) Phenomenological Society and Centre of Interdisciplinary Sciences of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia) Department of Humanitarian Sciences of Tbilisi State University Georgian Institute of Public Affairs Culture & Philosophy A Journal for Phenomenological Inquiry 2010 2 Culture & Philosophy Culture and Philosophy Founder organizations • Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (Washington, D.C., USA) • Georgian National Academy of Sciences (Tbilisi, Georgia) • Institute of Philosophy of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia) • Georgian State Academy of Art (Tbilisi, Georgia) • World Phenomenology Institute (Hanover, NH, USA) • Phenomenological Society and Centre of Interdisciplinary Sciences of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia) • Department of Humanitarian Sciences, Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia) • Georgian Institute of Public Affairs E d i t o r s George McLean Mamuka Dolidze Editorial Board Hu Yeping, Executive Secretary (Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington, D.C., USA) Marina Ambokadze (Institute of Philosophy, Georgia) Sergi Avaliani (Institute of Philosophy, Georgia) Tina Bochorishvili (Rustaveli National Foundation, Georgia) Anzor Bregadze (Institute of Philosophy, Georgia) Gia Bugadze (Georgian State Academy of Art, Tbilisi, Georgia) Chan-Fai Cheung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Paata Chkheidze (Journal - Our Literature, Georgia) Tim Crane (Institute of Philosophy, London University, UK) Xun Dai (Institute of Aesthetics, Chongqing, China) Mamuka Dolidze (Institute of Philosophy, Georgia) Lali Jokhadze (Chavchavadze state University, Georgia) Vasil Kacharava (The Institute of American Studies, Tbilisi State University) Irakli Kalandia (Institute of Philosophy, Georgia) Anatoly Karas (Ivan Franco Lviv National University, Ukraine) Maija Kule (University of Latvia, Riga) Dinh Hai Luong (Institute of Philosophy, Vietnam) Mikheil Makharadze (Institute of Philosophy, Georgia) Georgi Margvelashvili (Georgian Institute of Public Affairs) George McLean (Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C., USA) Elene Medzmariashvili (The Institute of American Studies, Tbilisi State University) Jurate Morkuniene (Vilnius, Lithuania) Peeter Müürsepp (International University Audentes, University of Technology, Tallinn,) Peter Nasmyth (London, UK) Sergey Nizhnikov (People’s Friendship University of Russia) Erkut Sezgin (Istambul Culture University) Islam Sirajual (Visva-Bharati University, India) Barry Smith (Institute of Philosophy, London University, UK) Robert Sokolowski (Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., USA) Guram Tevzadze (Georgian National Academy of Sciences) Tina Tevzadze (Phenomenological Society of Georgia) Darejan Tvaltvadze (Department of Humanitarian Sciences, Tbilisi State University) Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (World Phenomenology Institute, Hanover NH, USA) Francisco Javier Insausti Ugarriza (The University of the Basque Country, Spain) 3 Acknowledgements This issue of the journal Culture and Philosophy is published with assistance from Georgian Institute of Public Affairs and thanks to a scientific contract with Tbilisi State University. © Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2010 ISSN 1934-1555 Website http://www.crvp.org Correspondence on subscriptions and manuscript publication may be addressed to: George F. McLean P.O. Box 261 Cardinal Station Washington D.C. 20064 USA E-mail: [email protected] Tel/Fax: +1-202-319-6089 Mamuka G. Dolidze Phenomenological Society and Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences of Georgia 29 Griboedov Street 0108 Tbilisi Georgia E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +995-32-998215 Computer Service Cover design Irma Liparteliani by Levan Ratishvili Mamuka Didmanidze © Copyrighted by the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy ISSN – 1934 - 1555 The website of the journal; http:/www.crvp.org TABLE OF CONTENTS To the Reader ................................................................................ 6 Review of International Conference “Philosophy Emerging from Culture” ......................................... 8 PROBLEMS OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY ............. 87 Phenomenology and Metaphysics Mamuka Dolidze .............................................................................. 8 9 Interpretation of Transcendental Phenomenology in Existential Manner Mamuka Dolidze .............................................................................. 96 PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE ...................................................... 103 Culture and Tolerance of a Person Irakli Kalandia .................................................................................. 105 Georgian Philosophy as a Cultural Phenomenon Kakha Ketsbaia ............................................................................... 113 Critical Thinking as an Essential Characteristic of Man Nino Tomashvili ............................................................................... 123 Aesthetics of Susan Langer’s Presentational Symbolism Teona Orkodashvili ......................................................................... 126 Albert Camus – Man as a Hero of Absurd Vazha Nibladze ............................................................................... 133 A Variation on Interrelation of Merab Mamardasvili’s Philosophy and Existentialism Teimuraz Mtibelashvili ...........................................................................142 PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE AND ART ....................................... 149 Theatrical Performance on the Stage of Political Actions Mamuka Dolidze .............................................................................. 151 Metaphor Variations in TV Theatre Lela Tsipuria .................................................................................... 158 Social Entropy for Thomas Pynchon’s Literary Criticism Lali Jokhadze .................................................................................. 165 LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Recent Cultural Events in the Georgian Literary art David the Builder of Georgia The Canon of Repentance Cited from L. Jokhadze’s ................................................................. 184 RECENT CULTURAL EVENTS IN TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY .................................................... 200 TO THE READER Meet the new edition of the journal “Culture and Philosophy”. Noticed anything different about your journal this year? Firstly, we have added a new literary supplement to the old format and secondly, we have produced the biggest issue of it ever. We are going to fill your journal full of features of up-date theories you won’t have seen anywhere else. We promise to make everything in the journal relevant to your life today We are off to edit our favorite journal. Let us know what you think of it. INTRODUCTION The current issue of the journal is mainly dedicated to the World Congress of Philosophy held in South Korea, in Seoul, with the major topic for presented works: Rethinking Philosophy Today Indeed, the new millennium brings new challenges to the development of mankind and thus requires thorough revision of essential achievements of traditional philosophy and philosophy of XX century. This major theme does not imply to withdraw from the traditional past but rather to reinterpretate bygone philosophical conceptions so that they could serve as a basis for modern development of philosophical thinking. Phi- losopher’s ubiquitous eye is not only directed to the past, in order to rethink previous philosophical problems, but also it makes an attempt to grasp the new tendencies of contemporary thought and resolve the riddles hanging in explosive atmosphere of modern times. Globalization of culture, on the background of maintenance of uniqueness of national cultures appears to be the appropriate way to eschew the international conflicts and to provide the smooth unfolding of mankind’s thought. Philosophy as a phenomenon of culture also plays an essential role in this process of globalization. Moreover: It is the philosophy, which drives the cultural relations to the integration in one super national culture. Philosophy emerging from culture was the central topic of the preworld confer- ence, which factually was considered the first introductory part of the World Congress of Philosophy, held in Seoul. Introduction 7 The importance of the conference for our journal has been reinforced by the fact that philosophy emerging from culture has unraveled itself as a cultural phenomenon, according to the phenomenological method, that means that the diversity of philo- sophical systems and crucial differences between them has a positive value. It has shown the essence of philosophical thought. This does not mean, that philosophical truth has many faces but rather truth in philosophy presents individual phenomenon and the general statement of truth can be attained only through maintaining this in- dividual form. Every philosophical system, as an individual element of culture makes its own unique contribution to attain the general solution of which the problem of rela- tion between existence and thinking is the core question. Philosophy, as a cultural event, is able to avoid the contradiction between individual and general revealing the individual face of general truth. As a result the journal for phenomenological inquiry “Culture and Philosophy” is worth considering to be the representative of this preworld conference while the first part of this issue offers abstract reviews. The second part