Between Freedom and Dependence: Philosophy ‘in’ Tradition or Can It Be Beyond Its Boundaries?

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https://doi.org/10.31649/sent44.03.143

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freedom of philosophising, Ukrainian philosophical tradition, nation, belated nation, state, language, polyglossia

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The article explores the possibility of the Ukrainian national philosophical tradition in the global world. The author justifies an approach to this tradition based on the following theses: 1) this tradition is constituted fully, rather than fragmentarily, with the emergence of the Ukrainian state; 2) the war has significantly intensified the need for self-determination in Ukrainian philosophizing; 3) the national tradition is enabled by the Ukrainian language and its conceptual resources, which determine the formation of the disciplinary structure of Ukrainian philosophy, as well as the diversity of currents and directions for researching contemporary issues; 4) an important part of Ukrainian philosophy is the phenomenon of philosophy in Ukraine, which must exist not as a negation or confrontation with the national philosophical tradition, but in a modality of interaction, discussion, and dialogue. All traditions must preserve freedom of philosophical expression.

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Viktor Kozlovskyi, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

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2025-11-30

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Kozlovskyi, V. (2025). Between Freedom and Dependence: Philosophy ‘in’ Tradition or Can It Be Beyond Its Boundaries?. Sententiae, 44(3), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent44.03.143

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