VALUES AND METAPHORS (THE ROLE OF AXIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN THE SOCIO-HUMANITARIAN EDUCATION)
E. Y. Potapchuk
Keywords: value, norms, metaphors, socio-humanitarian education, person, culture, society, philosophy, patterns of behavior
Pages: 34-41
Abstract
The paper deals with the essence and meaning of values, their relations with metaphors, and also with the significance of axiological problems in teaching the socio-humanitarian disciplines in the institutions of higher education. The author considers the content of the "value" concept, discovers a relative nature of values, and uncovers subjective and objective meanings in them. It is emphasized that the type of culture and society depends on the features of the system of values and norms. The article affirms that only the person puts a specific meaning into values. The person participates in the construction and transformation of the social and cultural realities. In the research there is considered an extra-linguistic meaning of the metaphors which participate in establishing certain standards and patterns of behavior. The author specifies that studying axiological problems is extremely important for the processes of education and socialization of the students.
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