Boris Valentinovich Yakovenko (4 June [O.S. 23 May] 1884 – 16 January 1949) was a Russian philosopher. As one of the more prominent Russian neo-Kantians, much of Yakavenko's work focused on problems of cognition.

Biography

Boris Valentinovich Yakovenko was born in Tver on 4 June [O.S. 23 May] 1884. He graduated from a classical gymnasium in Saint Petersburg in 1903 and that same year was admitted to Imperial Moscow University.[1] In 1905, he participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905, for which he was arrested and imprisoned. Following his release, Yakovenko fled Russia to continue his studies at Heidelberg University in Germany.[1][2]

In 1910, he co-established a Russian philosophical journal called Logos, while working on Russian translations of philosophical works such as those of Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Benedetto Croce. From 1913 he resided in Italy, and later moved to Prague, where he worked to interpret and critique the works of various European philosophers. Much of Yakovenko's work was dedicated to existing philosophies, and works that reveal his own views remain somewhat obscure.[1][3] He was one of the more prominent Russian neo-Kantians, of the Baden School, a follower of Hermann Cohen, and had a particular focus on problems of cognition.[3] Yakovenko died in Prague on 16 January 1949.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Яковенко, Борис Валентинович" [Yakovenko, Boris Valentinovich]. Энциклопедия Кругосвет [Encyclopedia Around the World] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Episode One". The History of the Russian Revolution (in Russian). Star Media. 2017. Event occurs at 00:00:54.
  3. 1 2 Shiyan, Anna (July 2019). "Ontological and Gnoseological Fundamentals of the Transcendentalism of Boris Yakovenko". Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019). pp. 135–139. doi:10.2991/iccessh-19.2019.32. ISBN 978-94-6252-752-2. ISSN 2352-5398.
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