The Logic of the Meaning of Russian Civilization Through the Prism of Russian Philosophy

   Aim. To highlight the essence of the logic of the meaning of the Russian civilizational tradition in comparison with the logic of the meaning of Western civilization.

   Methodology. The study was carried out within the framework of a local civilizational approach, using comparative and hermeneutic methods, as well as figurative and logical modeling.

   Results. The results obtained can serve as a basis for understanding the Russian logic of meaning, its tendency to a holistic type of thinking, the immanent inclusion of an axiological component, the possibility of coexistence of several “truths” and “world views” at the same time, etc. features. Differences in perception are due to integrity versus atomicity of perception and fundamentally dissimilar types of rationality. The specificity of the type of thinking formed within the framework of Russian civilization is due to the fact that its inherent characteristics are not limited to pure rationality, while maintaining an irrational component.

   Research implications. The highlighted specifics of Russian logic of meaning (in comparison to the Western one) explain that for the Western tradition, meeting with the Other implicitly carries conflict and competition, and the metaphors “conflict of civilizations”, “war of the worlds”, etc. In Russian logic of the meaning the Other is “neighbor” which is directly related to the specifics of Orthodoxy and the concept of conciliarity.

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