PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DIETRICH VON HILDEBRAND’S VIEWS ON FAMILY AND MARRIAGE: VALUES AS SUPERACTUAL KNOWLEDGE

• Published in: Fìlosofìâ ta polìtologìâ v kontekstì sučasnoï kulʹturi Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 12 - 21
• Main Author: ZAKHARCHUK, Oleksandr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.07.2024
• ISSN: 2663-0265; 2663-0273
• DOI: 10.15421/352413

The philosophical basis of Dietrich von Hildebrand’s views on conjugal love, family and marriage is considered. In particular, his key epistemological and axiological ideas are analyzed. Dietrich von Hildebrand was a leading philosopher of the realist phenomenological and personalist directions, who worked in all major branches of philosophy, including ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, social philosophy, and aesthetics. Hildebrand’s concept of family and marriage stems from his religious beliefs and philosophical views. To understand the concept of family and marriage, it is necessary to consider it in the context of the epistemological, axiological, phenomenological and personalistic foundations of Hildebrand’s philosophical views. Philosophical searches of Hildebrand are carried out in a certain connection with Catholic theology. It is latently present in his logic, views and beliefs. Hildebrand’s teaching is a constructive attempt to overcome existential pessimism and tragedy, when the awareness of the fragility of life gives rise to the understanding of being as a value. Philosophical searches of Hildebrand are directly related to his religious worldview and act as his rational justification. Epistemology and axiology play a special role in this justification. He paid special attention to superactual knowledge. Hildebrand’s superactual knowledge is directly related to the concept of value. Hildebrand assigns the problem of values ​​and moral values, in particular, a central place in philosophical consciousness. Hildebrand’s epistemological and axiological views, along with his religious beliefs, underlie his views on sexual love, family and marriage. Hildebrand points to the superactual character of such personal attitudes as faith or love and emphasizes the importance of their superactual existence for the meaningfulness and integrity of an individual’s life.