The philosophical vocabulary is developing, however, like humanity, the use includes words and concepts that should justify the phenomena occurring in the world. It is quite obvious that, without developing terminology, philosophy would perish as a science. However, one should not think that at this historical stage in the development of mankind, this science has fallen into the background, in fact, it is worth recalling Foucault, Steiner, and it immediately becomes obvious that this science needs to update the terminological dictionary, because there are still many challenges ahead of humanity that need to comprehend.
The term "reflection"
Reflection is a comprehensive property of matter, which manifests itself in the ability to reproduce the properties, attributes, signs, accidents of the object that is reflected. It is indisputable that the priority in using this word in philosophy belongs to Lenin, however, the concept itself has an earlier origin and is found in the works of D. Didro. Reflection is a feature that depends on the ability of matter to a certain organization, that is, its manifestations in various forms and types. Application of this concept to matter is possible only in connection with the first law of thermodynamics. It follows that reflection is a manifestation of various levels of being, both material and metaphysical.
Of course, it is more common to perceive this phenomenon solely as a physical phenomenon. It is not difficult to understand that reflection is only a process of mechanical, chemical deformation, it is more difficult to consider this phenomenon in a metaphysical aspect, when it appears in a pre-mental form.
The manifestation of reflection in living organisms
The existence of living beings in space was the subject of controversy among various thinkers. Starting from the ancient world, philosophers thought about the reasons for the origin of life on earth. There were various theories regarding the origin of life and the processes associated with it. Application of this term to philosophy made it possible to re-evaluate and rethink the various philosophical concepts of the emergence and development of life in the Universe. So, reflection is an ability that can affect a living being, this phenomenon occurs after the being's body is exposed to external or internal. It is indisputable that many scientists and philosophers believe that this ability is basic and exists in any living being. Along with instincts, the ability manifests itself in a pre-mental form.
Introduction to Philosophy
Reflection is a philosophy related to the section of epistemology that examines knowledge and the principles of cognition in space. A huge contribution to the development of the concept of “reflection” as an independent philosophical term was made by V.I. Lenin. In his writings, he substantiated the possibility of the existence of this concept independently. His works made it possible to consider reflection the basic principle of dialectical materialist theory. However, this concept caused a number of protests from the revisionists who insisted that reflection as a principle of the concept expressed in the writings of Lenin could not be reliable. In their opinion, the use of this method leads to an infringement and restriction of human nature, creating something more like a doll than an independent individual. Indeed, suppose that a person does not comprehend the stimuli that arise, but blindly acts according to instincts, his rationality is leveled to the level of an animal, which is guided exclusively by instinctive unconscious activity.