Abstract:
Phenomenalism radically rejects the idea of thing-in-itself cognition,
practicing only perception of presentation, within which it is possible to distinguish the
form and content. The form precedes the content; its simplest foundations (Kant a priori
forms) are inherent, however, on the basis of these simplest foundations symbolic forms
are built, which define meanings in presentation. Symbolic forms are not inherent, they
are determined by culture. Each presentation symbol has perceptional and affective
meanings. The system of perceptive meanings represents an object, whereas the system
of affective meanings is a presentation subject. The symbol, taken with its affective
meaning, represents a value, hence the subject, consisting of such symbols, may be titled
as “axiological”. An axiological subject gives the initial human vitality a certain direction,
decomposing the presentation according to the principle of the figure and background,
establishing the goals of activity, accordingly. Three levels of the axiological subject
structure may be distinguished, namely: values — specific characteristics, constructing
the presentation; particular values, identified in this presentation; values-concepts,
rationally defined in the course of understanding the subject’s experience.
