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COGNITIVE PRINCIPLE OF BINARITY IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD VIEW

COGNITIVE PRINCIPLE OF BINARITY IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD VIEW


Author:  M.R. Galieva

Affiliation:  Uzbek State World Languages University

Abstract: 

The article discusses the problem of binarity regarded as a universal cognitive mechanism of thinking and world categorization. 
Our observation of scientific literature has shown that the theory of binary opposition makes the basis of many researches in the field of philosophy, mythology, culturology, structural anthropology and linguistics. The main task of the research is to prove that binary opposition is a fundamental principle of categorization that greatly influences conceptual and language world views. 
The article considers the role of binary opposition in the representation of religious world view verbalized both in the language system and fictional text. We have tried to prove that the key religious concepts (GOD – DEVIL, HEAVEN – HELL, LIFE – DEATH, LIGHT – DARKNESS) are built according to a binary principle and express the main axiological categories (psychological, aesthetic, ethical, spiritual, social). The results of a detailed linguistic analysis of the binary concepts HEAVEN – HELL have shown that we can regard binarity as a cognitive principle of the religious world view, built on complex interaction of oppositive but interconnected and interdependent conceptual domains. 
The distinctive features of the binary opposition in the religious world view are: a) its universal character; b) a complex cognitive structure, reflecting the interaction of oppositive conceptual features; c) various contextual transformations that reflect the author’s individual world view.

Keywords:  categorization, binary opposition, concept, religious world view, text, cognitive principle

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