CONCEPTS OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL APPROACH

Abstract

The article is devoted to the epistemological analysis of the interactions between the concepts of "information" and "knowledge" in Ancient German philosophy. Here the relation of knowledge (as information and scientific knowledge) to object (as reality) is considered as an epistemological aspect. In this context, the content and functions (especially in the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle) of these concepts are analyzed. The article notes transformations of various kinds in the process of translation of the concept of "information" into different Eastern and European languages. At the same time the notions of information and knowledge in interaction in the philosophies of Ancient Greece, Middle Ages and New Age are analyzed in the epistemological aspect. Objective. To make an epistemological analysis of historical transformations of the concepts of "information" and "knowledge". Methodology. Dialectic methodology is used in the framework of a systematic approach. Scientific novelty. Epistemological analysis of the notion of "information" in the Ancient Greek philosophy should be based on its understanding as an indivisible and unified form. This understanding of this concept gave a special content on the relationship of information and knowledge, taking into account philosophical notions of scientific knowledge. Specifically, the philosophical reflection of the relationship between information and knowledge should be carried out against the background of the concepts of "truth" and "memory". In the process of translation of the concept of "information" in the Middle Ages into English, Latin, Arabic, Farsi and German, its content acquired new outlines, which, in turn, seriously influenced its historical evolution.