«PHILOSOPHICAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE» IN THE LIGHT OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY

Abstract. The article regards the possibility of formation of «philosophical attitude towards life» with the help of the latest achievements of experimental psychology. The author of the paper is matching the discussed notion with the two main – «positive» and «negative» – psychic tendencies. From one side, we speak about positive illusion, to which human brain is prone. From the other side, we mean a greater psychic permeability to negative events and experiences. We demonstrate, that «philosophical attitude towards life» in full volume naturally resides only within a few number of individuals, who are deeply involved into creative activity.

Key words: positive illusions, adaptation, creativity, utopia, philosophical attitude towards life.

Levit Leonid – Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, the Director of the Center for psychological health and education, Minsk, Belarus

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Shevaldysheva Elena – candidate of philological Sciences, associate Professor of the Department of English at the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus

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