The Place of Philosophy in the Educational Process of Higher Education

The research is devoted to the analysis of the relationship between the state of ideological security and the content of the educational process in society. It is proved that it is the institute of education in modern conditions that is responsible for the spiritual stability of society. This article is based on the fact that the current curricula have an ambiguous attitude towards the discipline of philosophy. In the study of the consequences of attempts to “compress” the philosophy course in higher education, an analysis of two trends is undertaken - the replacement of philosophy with the concept of critical thinking and the displacement of the history of philosophy from the philosophy curriculum. Special attention is paid to the semantic evolution of the concept of “critical thinking”. A comparative analysis of the approaches reveals a common feature - the demarcation of thinking and meaning. This allows us to conclude that philosophy is beginning to be thought of as a practical technology of thinking. An attempt is made to reveal the reasons for the introduction of the special term “epistemologically dubious beliefs” as characteristics of the Ratio Serviens phenomenon. The article traces the interdependence of the formation of “conspiracy thinking” and the tendency to deny the importance of philosophy in the educational process. In this logic, the foundations of a person’s ideological alienation are revealed. It is shown that only philosophical heritage can make a truly effective CDIO strategy in education. In the context of the theory of the Good, the author criticizes the concept of the “global Good” and reveals the futility of attempts to eliminate the history of philosophy as an integral part of the discipline of philosophy. The importance of the philosophical heritage for both philosophy itself and the educational process as a whole has been proved. Special attention is paid to the connection between a person’s knowledge of the wealth of philosophy and the state of the axiological sphere of society. The facts of destruction in society due to the lack of a value-based worldview are specifically emphasized. In this regard, attention is drawn to the fact that the value of the history of philosophy lies not in history itself, but in philosophy, that is, in the logic of man’s comprehension of himself.