The world and concepts of the world

In the case of trying to find a simple and familiar answer to the question, what is the world, we were surprised to find, that's a pretty complicated problem. Every ordinary person identifies himself by means of concepts “world”, often, however, not always aware of the meaning and significance of this concept.

In everyday communication we often use the phrase: “the white light”, “what the world is”, “long (far) world”, “this world”, “the world”, “world of sky”, “inverted world”, “the symbolic world” etc. And although the content of the above expressions may be different in different cases, people understand, what it was about, this understanding of everything as independent from the person, in which human life unfolds. Expression “the world”, “this world”, “the symbolic world” show, what we can talk about different worlds when mandatory’Ascoli there man.

 So, the definition of the notion “world” possible and valid only in the system of relations “man — world”. This suggests, it serves to reflect the existence of that, in the background and then detects, “highlights” a person. Figuratively speaking, to be able to present themselves as certain the existence of, it must be able to present all that, what a great: “top, below, side, inside, yesterday, today and tomorrow, here, now”. In other words, the world is all, what is non-human, and that, at the same time, organically is myself in person. That, from what she, people, different.

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However, man as a unique creature and manifests regarding itself. So, in contrast’objectively existing world is “the inner world of man”.

Therefore, the simplest definition of “world” it is possible to result such: World — this is all things, what is in man and outside.

Based on this definition, you can say, the concept “world” primarily used through the opposition “people in the world — in the world man”. Man is always in a state of internal split in predetermined “I” and “not-I”. Under “I” it is customary to understand the inner world of man, and under “not-I” — environment, which directly or indirectly “hugs” man, is both the basis and space of human life.

The historical development of ideas about the world

In the historical development of a culture of human thinking view of the world acquired different content and values not only in the form of ordinary and zagalnoosvitnioi, as mentioned above. There are a number of different exercises sound system-theoretical concepts, through which historically occurred specification definition of the world. In particular, it is such notions, as “Space”, “The universe”, “Galaxy”, “Earth”, “Nature”, “The atmosphere”, “Hydrosphere”, “Lithosphere”, “Soul” etc. However regardless of the dimension of the world we didn't choose, remains unchanged recognition, that peace is all we, what “displayed” man (or resists), and at the same time all the, what “displayed” people, that is self-fulfilling.