Prymat myślenia osobistego w filozofii i światopoglądzie

Abstract

The article argues for the need to give the autonomy to the personal thinking in the domain of philosophy and worldview. The basic assumption is that personal thinking, which contains the weak and particular side of human individual, is one of the fundamental elements of philosophy and worldview but can be expressed in them, because of this weakness and particularity, only in a hidden form. The fact that it must be hidden is the source of deformation of personal thinking not only in public domain of philosophy and worldview but most importantly in the personal thinking itself. Giving the autonomy to it, not only can we purge the public sphere of large areas of falsification but also offer the human individual a chance for a better self-understanding as it enables it to develop without trying to justify itself in public terms. This process seems to be enabled by the fact that the contemporary public culture itself is weakened by relativism, inflation of words and views or the dominance of superficial, popular culture.