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Bulletin We hereby announce
publication and circulation of the Bulletin of the Russian
Philosophical Society No. 4, 2005 (Editor-in-Chief, Professor A. N. Chumakov; Executive
Secretary, Professor N. Z. Yaroschuk). The Editor’s Column summarises the RPhO’s activities.
In 2005 the Society numbered 5,660 members(more by 892 if compared to 2004)
and 10 new branches in and outside This issue continues publication of the proceedings of the Fourth
Russian Congress of Philosophy Philosophy and the Future of Civilisation
held from May 24 to May 28, 2005 on the grounds of the Under the column Summarising the Fourth Russian Congress of
Philosophy read papers delivered at the Congress plenary sessions: Philosophy
and the Search for New Values of Civilisation by Academician V. S. Styopin, Director,
Institute of Philosophy, the Russian Academy of Sciences, President, the
Russian Philosophical Society; Barbarianism as the Reverse Side of
Civilisation by Prof. N. V. Motroshilova, Head of
Department, the Institute of Philosophy, the Russian Academy of Sciences. The section Evening Lectures Delivered at the 4th RCPh
presents Prof. K. Svasyan’s ( Opinions, Judgements and Impressions
of the Congress include: The True
Foundations of Social Consolidation by Prof. A. V. Ivanov ( Information about Sections, Round Tables, Colloquia, and Symposia includes: The Round Table of the
UNESCO Chair of Philosophy of Peace by Prof. Yu. M. Pavlov ( Information from the RPhS Regional Branches and Organisations includes materials about the Russian National Workshop on The
Social Ideal: The Past, Present and Future held at the Chernyshevsky
Transbaikal State Pedagogical University (Chita); The Baikal Philosophical School (Ulan-Ude); the yearly Russian National Theoretical Conferences
on Science and Technology in St. Petersburg; on Russian philosophy in Kyrgyzstan; on the activities of the RPhS Volgodonsk regional Branch in
2005. The Events
and Comments section informs of the Third Session of the World Social Forum
on the Dialogue of Civilisations (Rhodes,
Greece); the conference on the Natural
Science in the 21st century: Philosophical, Social and Ethical Problems
held in the framework of the yearly Frolov
Readings (Moscow); on the Congress of
Independent Organisations of Russia (Moscow); the Second Leontiev Readings (Sergiev Posad,
Moscow Oblast); the conference on Contemporary
Cognitivism: Philosophy, Cognitive Science and Cognitive Disciplines at
the Institute of Philosophy, the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow); the
activities of the Philosophy Club at Biblio-Globus
Bookstore; the Days of Philosophy
in St. Petersburg; the First Tauris
Readings on the National Philosophy: Contemporary Collisions (Simferopol,
Ukraine); the First National Congress
of Bioethics in Uzbekistan; the International Conference on Youth, the Future of Civilisation (St. Petersburg). The UNESCO and Philosophy column informs of the events on the World Philosophy Day, November 17, 2005: the address of Dendev Badarch, Director, UNESCO Moscow
Office; the symposium commemorating the Philosophy
Day in See the Managing Education: Contemporary Approaches column for an
interview with Prof. S. V. Stepashin,
Dr. Juris., Chairman, Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, on Education Instead of ‘Educatedness’;
the article by Prof. Yu. N. Solonin,
Member, the Council of Federation, Dean, Faculty of Philosophy,
St. Petersburg University, on Philosophy
and Its Political Context; information on the recent meeting of the
Presidium of the Russian National Educational and Methodological Council for
Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies to discuss classical
university education. See the Philosophy and Youth column for the article On the Youth Policy by Prof. S. P. Ivanenkov ( See also the Experience of Our Foreign Colleagues
section for the article on Problems of
Globalisation in China by Prof. An Chinyan ( We present a new column on Civil Society. Read information on
the RPhS representation in the Public Chamber of the See the Global Studies
section for Prof. A. N. Cumakov’s
speech on The Cultural/Civilisational
Context of Globalisation with comments by S. A. Butin, Advisor on Globalisation Issues to the President
of the Russian Labour Confederation, titled Globalisation: The Power Society. Among Responses to Our Publications find a letter by Prof. Ph. Kh. Kessidi (Greece);
notes On the Status of Global Studies
by V. l. Kissel
commenting on A. I. Uvarov’s article On Global Studies and Their Philosophy (RPhS Bulletin, 2005:3); Tears
Are No Help in Sorrow – Let us Do Something by Ass. Prof. S. S. Peruansky (Moscow)
responding to the various comments on the Fourth Russian Congress of
Philosophy (RPhS Bulletin, 2005:2);
From Death to Immortality by Yu. V. Bezukh, a physician
from Kherson (Ukraine), responding tu I. V. Vishev’s article (RPhS Bulletin, 2005:2); notes by D. Kapnik, a student, and M. Yershova, 11th-form pupil
(Moscow), commenting on A. A. Krushanov’s Civilisation’s Strategic Reserves (RPhS Bulletin, 2005:1). Read Raising an Issue column for Prof. A. A. Krushanov’s new controversial article Apology for Certainty. Published By Way of Discussion are Transnational
Idea: A Superpower of Kievan Rus by Ass. Prof. A. G. Pyrin (Moscow); Scientific Rationality: Changing the
Paradigm by Prof. L. V. Surkova
(Moscow); The Difficult Path of Russian
Philosophy by Prof. I. A. Aleksandrov
(Moscow); Global Ecology under
Contemporary Conditions by Ariz
Aviaz ogly Gezalov, Cand. Philos. ( Under the Feedback
column Pr. V. F. Druzhinin
( Under the Philosophy
in the Internet column read Give
Us an Interactive Bulletin! by D. G. Shkayev
( In the Pro
Memoria section read Life Given
to People by Prof. E. V. Girusov
and Prof. N. M. Mamedov
(pro memoria R. O. Kurbanov). Mentioned as Noteworthy
is the initiative of the RPhS Krasnodar Branch and the Urals Philosophical
Society to publish Golden Pages of the
Fourth Russian Congress of Philosophy. The would-be participants are
invited to send their paper to postmodernist@mail.ru or grbasile@yandex.ru till
January 30, 2006. Read Useful
Information about an international and interuniversity theoretical
journal Homo esperans and their publication
conditions. The section Projects and Proposals of RPhS Members
informs of purchase of new equipment paid for from voluntary contributions by
RPhS members G. N. Mezentsev
and A. G. Pyrin (23,000
roubles). See also book reviews, annotations, book announcements, information on books and journals available at the Presidium of the Russian Philosophical
Society, doctoral (16) and candidate
(53) dissertations in
philosophy defended in the fourth quarter of 2005. Under the Philosophers Joke Too column read A Babler by Fyodor Selivanov ( On the Poetic
Page find verse by Mikhail Sergeyev
( Published also
are letters of congratulations on jubilees, rewards, other notable
events and obituaries. Read also The RPhS Conferences Plan
for 2006 – 70 conferences, including ·
Conference on Religious Studies as an Interdisciplinary
Science ( ·
Conference on Creating a Humane Society ( ·
Round Table on Prospects for Fundamental Science in ·
The Fourth
Slavic Scholarly Forum on Orthodox
Culture in the Urals: Historical Contexts and Our Time ( ·
Conference on General and National in Philosophy
(Bushkek, May 25-26). ·
Conference on Knowledge and Faith: Diversity of Cultural
Approaches ( ·
International
Symposium on Philosophy of Education in
the East and in the West: Promoting Dialogue ( ·
Conference on Ontology and Humanism ( ·
Conference on Man Facing the Global Challenge ( We publish Supplement to the RPhS Structure as presented in RPhS Bulletin, 2005:3 and Additions to
the RPhS Membership List (amounting to 5,660 individual members). Read also requirements for the RPhS membership for 2006. Like in other
issues of the Bulletin it is explained that the Russian Philosophical Society
counts as its members only those who have paid
the yearly membership fee and have been consequently included in the
current year membership list. They henceforward enjoy all the privileges of
the Society members, including subscription to the RPhS Bulletin. Full membership lists are published yearly in RPhS Bulletin No. 3 for the year
in question; additions to the membership lists, in RPhS Bulletin No. 4. The Bulletin’s subscription
index in the Rospechat Catalogue is
79643. Please, email your messages addressed to the RPhS Presidium and the
RPhS Bulletin Editorial Board
to chumakov@logic.ru
and/or rphs@iph.ras.ru. Our Internet website is www.logic.ru/~phil-soc. To contact the Editors, please,
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