The aim of the article is to demonstrate binarism as a
method of theoretical perception. First of all, the
authors define the initial concept of binarism as a
principle of differentiating binary oppositions which
came from philology into other sciences. Then, they
stipulate the application conditions of binarism as a
methodological principle, namely, both members of
the opposition are stipulated, however, reasoning
should not contain such logical mistakes as ‘defining
through negation’ and ‘range of evidence’.
Subsequently, logic of description is connected with
stipulation of the ‘life’ concept, first, philosophically,
then, using propositions of some natural sciences,
namely, biological and, further on, physical and
astrophysical definitions. Every time the authors use
binary principle in describing these propositions. So,
every time it becomes evident that if death can be
defined as absence of life, the concept of life requires
another approach, based on positive statements, which
is also hard to do as it leads the researchers to the limit
‘nothing’ – ‘everything’; ‘not being’ – ‘being’. The
results of the article have double nature. As the aim of
the investigation was to demonstrate application
features of the definite methodological principle,
representation of the material may be considered as
the aim achievement. In addition, in the concluding
part the authors draw a line, formulating theoretical
propositions, which concern both natural science and
philosophical argumentation
Hereby we substantiate the necessity of social
philosophical analysis of power phenomena as due to
power relations' change a human being and his values
also transform. A knowledge convertation into power
recourse has become a reason for authority
humanization and democracy thus leading to total
humans enslavement. People's intentions in aims
achievement, their effectiveness and high level of
organization let the authority not only manage them
but also produce «obedient bodies». The authority area
or in other words «focused» territory, or already
experienced human activities and existing terms grow
and widens. New social benefits and mobile shapes
disconnected with «place» and territory appear. Thus,
the «authority deterritorization» leads to the
responsibility refusal for any actions and effective
management consequences. New authority shapes start
being exhibited as total control abolishment, where a
person gains absolute choice of freedom solving his
vital problems but without being supplied with choice
bases. In today's world an authority, whose mission is
to protect humans from anarchy, chooses risk as a new
management paradigm. The mentioned reasons' entity
depersonalizes the power relations where not only
subordinates but also authorities become impersonal,
where «authority subjects disappear». The
contemporary authority research works by Alvin
Toffler, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Bauman, focusing
at power relations, determine the authority nature as an
indefinite, newly shape taking and remoted from its
final research definition
It is interesting for interdisciplinary understanding of game phenomena, how the concept of the game discourse can operate in different non-playing contexts. Researching of game concept allows tracing the figurative conceptualization knowledge of this universal phenomenon. The author uses a lot of examples to prove that game phenomenon represents itself in a language and has been reflected in the mind of people. It is shown, that lingvo-culturological concept of the game has more productive metaphorical rethinking. We single out the most important characteristics of game, explain some imaginations about gaming, explicate dominant sense of game freedom, its choice, imitation, dynamic and emotional stress, agonistic, risk, unpredictability and others attribute the symptoms. Represented contexts of usage also illustrate communicative and social components of gaming behavior. Dominant meanings, key ideas, that unite viewed image, actualize basic principles that are typical for the game phenomenon in common, and the specific characteristics of different types of games (sport, children, gambling, theater, computer, etc.)
The conceptualization of the phenomenon of a man in Economics is one of the key problems of a modern science. Interdisciplinary investigations devoted to the models of «homo economicus», have found their acceptance in the second half of the twentieth century. So, Jean Baudrillard considered the «homo economicus» as part of the postmodern trends. Baudrillard’s man is a consumer living in a society of abundance. The author considers the main features of modern man, presented in the works of Baudrillard. The article analyzes the characteristics of the consumer society that emerged in the twentieth century after the revolution of well-being, defined are the criteria and procedures of selection of the human wealth, and also their further consumption. Special attention is paid to the nature of consumption as a process and an end in itself, the transformation of the credit system, the credit perception of the Human. Individual ceases to be a key agent of the economy. Demand is subjected to an action from the supply side, it is becoming a function of production, under the influence of which the structure of demand is being changed. The author has also addressed to the problem of rationality as the basis of economic modeling and detects the Baudrillard’s negation of rationality as the characteristics of a person consuming. In conclusion, the article has presented the basic concepts of Jean Baudrillard about human behavior in the modern economic environment
The article considers theoretical and methodological
bases of pedagogical axiology in the educational
environment of the Chuvash Republic. Three stages of
its formation are briefly indicated. Current challenges
in relation to universities are discussed from different
points of view. Conceptions of philosophy of
education as a theoretical and methodological
framework of the cognitive algorithm for foundation
and explanation of the essential features of the holistic
person are clarified. Propositions of pedagogical
axiology in the field of higher education are identified
and defined. Characteristics of elite education are
considered. It is stated that social and cultural potential
formed in the University space of the region is the
basis for predicting the social development taking into
account appropriate understanding of the personality
and his/her culture. It is shown that evaluation of the
evolution of education is possible together with
analysis of the discipline of philosophy in education.
Examples of the practical implementation of
pedagogical axiology elements in the educational
space of the Chuvash Republic are given and
systematized
The article considers the special role of paradigms in the study (writing) of the General theory of cycles. The authors ' task is systematization of knowledge in this area and obtain an objective assessment by means of retrospective material, which shows the change of one paradigm to another
The article considers current trends and unsolved problems in studies of the origin and evolution of communication in nature. Distinctive features of natural language, its biological, cognitive and sociocultural foundations are revised from the perspectives of new findings in this field. The article also investigates the main characteristics of primal and basic forms of "communication" (e.g. in bacteria and plants). It is argued that to them are more applicable non-representational models of communication, because they are not based on the representation of meanings or the processes of cognition and interpretation. On the example of the acoustic signals of birds and primates it is shown that they have such linguistic features as referentiality, plasticity and sociocultural heritability. Discovery of the faculty, for instance in some species of birds, for a "semantically compositional communication" ("semantic compositionality"), reveals also the presence of the "protosyntax" in animal communication. Considered studies enable to bring together features of communication in nature and natural language and to see the evolution of communication as the more gradualistic process than previously thought. Nevertheless, it is emphasized that there is a need for the development in the modern studies the socio-cultural approaches to communication that take into account the non-genetic inheritance system and the cumulative nature of culture
The author presents some features of Sidonius Apollinairis' outlook, a writer and politician of late antiquity. On the basis of the analysis of Sidonius Apollinairis' works the author attempts to reconstruct the cultural-historical type of the antique personality
This article represents experience of a reflection over
theoretical prerequisites of phenomenological and
system approaches to a problem of forecasting of
social reality. An object of research are the principle of
multidimensionality of social reality in aspect of a
determinism and indeterminism of social processes,
and also the principle of causal asymmetry of time
acting as the ontologic basis of multidimensionality of
reality. It is claimed, that at the heart of statement of
the major philosophical problems there is an
experience of a touch to a phenomenon of
multidimensionality of reality. Multidimensionality of
reality is shown as a dependence of fundamental
characteristics on the level of theoretical generalization
and an intentionality of the consciousness registering
reality in its existence. The hypothesis of
multidimensionality of social reality assumes that
social processes can be described and as strictly
determined, predicted and as depending on a free will
of the person depending on the level of theoretical
generalization at which they are considered. The
principle of causal asymmetry of time is a form of
multidimensionality of time and a condition of
multidimensionality of process, including social. At
the heart of causal asymmetry of time, there is a
systemacity of time, not reducibility of time neither to
consciousness, nor to life. It is shown that is
impossible differently as through the synthesizing
activity of consciousness, to connect together two
senses, equally directly related at the right time:
duration keeping time in some equal unity of the
moments and the variability, change of times
expressing ontologic exclusiveness of the present
moment. Multidimensionality and asymmetry of time
can be considered as theoretical prerequisites of
phenomenological and system approach to a problem of social forecasting
The article studies the works of the theorists of postindustrial
and information concepts of the society’s
development. The author thoroughly examines the role
of these paradigms in shaping perceptions of the
modern socio-cultural space. He notes the high
prognostic value of the studies for understanding the
phenomenon of the Network society. The author draws
attention to the fact that they cannot fully describe the
current state of social space and do not have the
required methodological diversity. It is noted that new
ways of thinking and organizing objects of the virtual
environment are required. According to the author, it is
important to designate the information as one of the
priority components of the transformation process in
society. Technology and the Internet mediated
communication creates a new type of social relations,
switching attention to the creation of social
communications as a play environment of interactions.
Compression of the space-time continuum described in
terms of information and global social space
redirection, helps to comprehend the locality, mosaic
and fragmentation of the occurring type of sociality.
This phenomenon appears due to the involvement of
individuals in the total communication system that
turns out to be the cultural manipulation, affecting the
needs and behavior in all spheres of life, as the
information acquires the ability to program. Internet
creates the illusion of fullness of socially demanded
actions and expectations. The article shows that the
interest in the phenomenon of image reality is
increasingly growing among the social thinkers, who
see it as the future state of the social space. The author
draws attention to the fact that the development of the
online world is defined by the main task of the modern
human sciences, the solution of which is carried out by
the ordering and value ranging the virtualization
phenomena, by the optimization of methods of control
over the interaction of real and virtual realities