DISCOURSE AS REFLECTIVE METHOD OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY

The article analyzes the discourse as one of the fundamental methods of modern philosophy that involves analysis and understanding of a certain semantic field, sociocultural background and speech connotation of the communicative space. Discursive reality, as the reality of opinions and knowledge about the world, is formed under the influence of a particular discourse and is perceived as an a priori reality of meanings. Sociocultural space is a discursive reality of a special kind, a multi-level environment in which the objects, the things of the surrounding world are reflected. The concepts of discourse (of one domain area) perform the following functions: fix our knowledge about the facts of reality and order the available data, thus building a holistic view of the subject of research. Discourse makes the connection between things (real or idealized objects) the basis of any science, and affirms derivation of concepts from the experience. The philosophy of discourse is not aimed at creation of new models of the world and their study, but at the analysis of the process of extraordinary thinking, which is characteristic of the use of sign language systems in the process of world exploration.

discourse, method, text, language means, metaphor, discursive space