The concept of a human person in existential tradition

The human and his path of life are traditionally the most complex objects of scientific research. Modern methods of cognition do not allow us to reveal the multifaceted human nature and answer the questions about the ultimate goal of human life. There is no a unified approach to comprehension of the human in modern science. Referring to the historical heritage, researchers of the human person attempt to answer the questions about the human essence and the individual mode of existence. Existentialists have made a significant contribution to the development of ideas of the free individual. The existential model affirms a creative, intellectual, and free person. A person’s freedom is manifested in his free choice, for which the person himself is responsible. The existential model in the aspect of dominating internal factors that determine human development is opposed to the sociological approach. Existential tradition considers the human nature in symbiotic relationship with the individual mode of existence.