Everyone knows that philosophy is quite a wide variety of philosophical concepts.Chicken or the egg?What was the first really?That is the question, just a little bit differently formulated, all sides are studying materialism and idealism.Naturally, in this case we are talking about consciousness and matter, their direct relationship and the primacy.And such a dichotomy, of course, can make her doubt the point of view of anyone.Even today, when the world marked the data, you can find supporters of both philosophical trend.And in order to understand the essence of these areas, it is enough to understand the fact that some believe in one thing, and the other - the other.Based on the fact to what worldview you bow, you can determine the features of perception of the world around you.
Materialism and its essence
Despite the fact that materialism and idealism - opposing worldviews, in the absence of any of them would be very difficult to determine the personal attitude to the issue of primary material, the perfect and other philosophical categories.In the context of historicism community circumstances are such that people had to believe that the primary is still matter.And difficult to argue, because a person is forced to take action.And, for example, if you take a mental process (absolutely does not matter what you choose: memory, attention, thinking) - it is quite obvious will be the fact that unless the brain (which is quite material), there will not be these processes.Therefore, from the standpoint of materialism, consciousness - is not nothing but a product of the activity of the nervous system.
In this sense, actively began to spread mechanistic materialism that reduces everything to the banal mechanics and its laws, to a variety of natural processes, including biological, chemical, psychological, and others.But always remained a category of scientists who have a completely different point of view, denies materialism.And idealism became the opposite outlook.
Basics idealistic world
This was absolutely the opposite direction all the features of materialism.According to representatives of the entire material flow - again.Initially, the representatives of such as Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and later Hegel, began to talk about that any perfect start can not depend on the material, and any matter in particular.This was the objective idealism, which came to replace the subjective, the basic idea of which was still the relationship of human consciousness with the outside world, its relations and basic properties.Later subjective idealism of Fichte added this worldview, building a system of active essence of man.In fact, Fichte introduced the concept of "I" and not "I", where "I" - is the specific acts of self-knowledge, among which is the will and action.But "I do not" - this world around, which can be known only by means of "pure self".Therefore, in the context of idealism is far more important was something intangible, which, of course, been criticized.
basic ideas of these ideological trends are quite clear.Each of them has certain arguments and theories, and especially the right to exist.Moreover, if the person to talk with any supporter of a trend, it is clear that everyone is convinced of the correctness of the theory on which it is based.Therefore, materialism and idealism will always be contrasted trends, and determine which of them is more than adequate, useful and plausible certainly fail anyone.After all, no matter how much time has passed, the question of the chicken and the egg will remain, and with him is not going anywhere matter tangible and intangible, and their initial interactions.
