ДОСТОЕВСКИ ФИЛОСОФ?
DOSTOEVSKY – A PHILOSOPHER?

Summary/Abstract: Fyodor M. Dostoevsky is a writer. He wrote novels. He did not write a single work, which from today's perspective can be classified as philosophical. Nevertheless, many authors, both Russian and Western, often include him in the history of Russian philosophy. Even some historians of philosophy include Dostoevsky in their books of Russian philosophy. Some of the most important histories of Russian philosophy recognize Dostoevsky as one of the philosophers, side by side with Berdyaev, Fyodorov, Solovyov and other Russian thinkers. On the other hand, several other authors do not recognize him as a philosopher and enlist him in their monographs on the history of Russian philosophy. Author’s position is that Dostoevsky can be recognized as a philosopher and this paper presents an attempt to locate the arguments for that. Therefore, in that sense, the paper is dealing with the arguments, i.e., motives Dostoevsky to be recognized not only as a writer, but as a philosopher as well. So, the author analyzes both, his work, and the historical context of his work, as well, in order to try in this dual sense - problematic (content) and historical (formal) - to justify the epithet "philosopher" for F. М. Dostoevsky. The hypothesis defended in this paper is that Dostoevsky can be considered a philosopher, even in a classical sense of the meaning of that term. Especially in the postmodern age, when the genres and disciplinary boundaries are loosened, and multidisciplinary and pluriperspectivity are preferred in theoretical research.

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