Philosophy

Bioethics in the Context of Contemporary Scientific Strategies

The article shows the attempt to define the place of Bioethics as a new scientific knowledge. The image of essence of Bioethics as concept and social phenomenon from the point of view of factors of its genesis is being covered. The special place in this system is taken by the complex of reasons connected with contemporary scientific strategies, in particular with the Forth Global Scientific Revolution, which creates the new postneoclassic science.

Interaction of Philosophical, Religious and Secular Ideas in the Works of the Composers of Russian Spiritually-Cultural Renaissance

The attempt to analyse the philosophical aspect of music is undertaken in the article. The author considers the reflection of philosophical, religious and secular ideas in the creative work of the Russian composers of the end of XIX, beginning of XX century as a result of the influence of ideological directives and ideological contradictions of the boundary epoch.

Structure of Praxis in Religious Ontologies: Comparative Analysis of Traditional Practices of Hesychasm and Yoga

The article observes the problem of intoduction the phenomenon of spiritual religions experience in the field of the philosophical discourse. The analysis of the phenomenon is performed by means of the categories of religious praxis. Much attention is paid to specipic version of ontological interaction between consciousness and existense though practice. The perspective of the application of such methodology to the studying of the modern dynamics in social religious institutions is offered.

The Scientific Rationality and the Concept of Cognitive Relativism

Actual problems of modern philosophy and methodology of scientific cognition are examined − the problem of cognitive relativism. Research of this problem supposes the specification of theoretical basis of the phenomenon of relativism in area of scientific knowledge.

The Justification of Absence in Aesthetics: Hegel and Anaximander

In this article the author to take note of the project of possible alternative aesthetics. With the aid of Hegels works (category of essence) and some Anaximanders fragments construct unique ontological location of the work of art, that distinguish the work of art from other sort being. Only the work of art be able pretend to ontological selfdependence, the other sort of being existence follows indication to each other.

Language in the Communicative Structures of the Information Society

In this article the tendencies and conformities of language development as a complete informative system, taking into consideration the definite regime of it existence as a totality of the elemental informftion composits of a language ( words, notes) are analyzed. Comparing information structures, such as information process, informarmation acyivity and information technology and their correlation through thecommunications we can deduce the definire regimes of their existence.

 

VIRTOSPHERE

A new ontology which postulates existence of a universal phenomenon - virtosphere - is offered. Virtosphere is the global virtual manifold which includes the whole set of virtual phenomena both of natural and artificial origin. The structure of the virtosphere as well as the properties of the virtual space-time continuum are investigated.

Internal Challenges of Russia in the Context of Interaction «Urban −Rural»

The article deals so internal challenges to Russia, as a demographic problem, the deformation of national identity and leakage of human capital. They considered as interrelated phenomena, which are manifestations of certain global processes that have an objective basis. Using information theory of dynamical systems to build a system of interrelated categories describing these processes, and based on homeostatic modeling examines the specifics of their manifestation in the city and the countryside. We propose recommendations for decision-making in the management of these processes. 

Specialization of City and Village Function in the Social Reproduction

The city provides a human capital reproduction, but the village does the population reproduction. We have applied a system-cybernetic approach to analyze the city-village interaction by means of the homeostatic type model. We present the proposals to optimize the system balance confirming with the reforms in Russian society as a whole.

Moral in Politics: Social and Religious Contexts of Russian Philosophy

The question of moral and politics correlation has a deep background. All philosophers, who studied political process, made different conclusions. The correlation of moral and politics is very important problem in the world of modern social changes.

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