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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Philosophy of a Name: Ukrainian Context
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1 Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Dep. of Philosophy 04212, Kyiv , Ukraine
Received: 4 March 2019 | Published online: 27 June 2019
© 2019 by the Authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract
The article is devoted to the spiritual content peculiarities issue in the process of proper nouns creation in spiritual Ukrainian culture. The true value of a name, as a philosophical, cultural, spiritual and historical phenomenon, is highlighted. The first aim of the work is to discover the specific features of names’ appearance and spiritual components by structural analysis and hermeneutic methodology in cross-sections of elite-sacral, elite-secular and folk names in ancient ethnic Ukrainian tradition. The second is to analyze the valued vectors of spiritual roots in name giving culture. The third is to draw attention to the specific influence of Christianity on culture and symbolism of a name giving process. The last is to examine the current cross-section of the given problem.
Keywords
Philosophy of name
values
spirituality
anthroponomy
Ukrainians
ethnic group
ethnic culture.
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