At the heart of the book - two views (naturalist and humanist) on the dangers of and Prospects of "scientific and technological progress," that defining the face of modern civilization. Its leaders are now the information, genetic cal and biological technology.

Mechanisms to ensure the integrity of the system stable evolutionary strategy Homo sapiens – genetic and cultural coevolution techno-cultural balance – are analyzed. оe main content of the study can be summarized in the following the- ses: stable adaptive strategy of Homo sapiens includes superposition of three basic types (biological, cultural and technological) of adaptations, the integrity of the system provides by two coevolutionary ligament its elements – the genetic-cultural coevolution and techno-cultural balance, the system takes as result of by (...) develop- ment of genetic and information technologies by advent of genetic and informa- tion technologies extremely unstable conūguration; a harbinger of a radical change in the mechanisms of global evolution religion is a consequence of structural and functional organization of the human psyche; it played (along with science and technology) the role of socio-cultural adaptation of the human mind are present a number of ideas or concepts (the idea of God, including) the genesis of that ideas is associated with the interaction of two information systems, that appear to each other as information substrates – emotional, and verbal-logical (discursive) forms; evolution of the mentality has two nodes, that corresponding to the dominance of rationalism or religion in spiritual culture; the problem of rational justiūcation of religion in modern science is presented by two alternative methodologies – evo- lutionary epistemological and metaphysical-ontological ones; both methodologies are incompatible in a logical perspective; in the evolutionary epistemological im- pact concept of religion and science are equal and alternative building blocks of a stable evolutionary strategy of Homo sapiens, and their balance sheet pro. (shrink)

In general, the following article attempts to showcase how literature reflects and interprets philosophical concepts using a rich arsenal of inherent expressive means. The personality and ideas of Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, often became the subject of literary reflection. The focus of this article is the second phase of the philosopher’s life – from 1933, when he assumed the post of rector of the University of Freiburg, and until his death. The poets (...) and writers involved here create a multidimensional and complex image of Heidegger in their works. The biographical and imaginative twists and turns of the legendary philosopher come to life under the magnifying glass of writer’s reflection, for which the boundary between reality and fiction remains suspended. This allows us to understand the nature and motives of the philosopher better than any documentary evidence or even the direct speech. The language of literature – derisive, caustic, grotesque – creates necessary counterbalance to philosophy, which, according to laws of genre, gravitates to mortal seriousness and thereby loses its critical attitude towards itself. Such a combination of literary imagination and metaphysical speculation turns out to be productive both for philosophy, which tests its ethical relevance in the poetic dimension, and for literature, which turns into a space of authentic existential questions. The fiction not only reveals inconsistencies in Heidegger’s train of thought but offers its own unconventional arguments to cope with those inconsistencies. (shrink)