Bulletin We hereby announce
publication and circulation of the Bulletin of the Russian
Philosophical Society No. 4, 2006 (Editor-in-Chief, Professor A. N. Chumakov; Executive Secretary, Professor N. Z. Yaroschuk). The issue opens with the Editor’s Column by Pr. A. N. Chumakov presenting his
New Year congratulations and summing up the preceding year in Are There Limits to Growth? Information
from the RPhS Regional Branches and Organisations includes materials about The Days of St. Petersburg Philosophy, 2006; the
International Conference on The Great
Rivers and World Civilisations held in Astrakhan to commemorate the 450th
anniversary of the city; the 10th anniversary of the Orenburg
RPhS Branch; the Symposium on Ethics in Tyumen; the Conference on Ontology in the 20th century: Problems and Prospects (St. Petersburg);
the International Seminar on Cultural
Heritage and Contemporary Changes (Elista). Events and
Comments inform about the session and the
decisions of the Presidium of the Russian National Educational and
Methodological Council for Philosophy, Political Science and Religious
Studies on classical university education (21 September 2006); the
proceedings of the Russian National Congress of Sociology on Globalisation and Social Change in
Contemporary Russia; the Fourth Askin Readings
on Time, Space, and Values of
Civilisation in Saratov; the International
Symposium dedicated to Alexander Bogdanov on Russian Alternatives in the 20th Century
in Helsinki; the Theoretical Seminar on Innovative
Activities under Conditions of Globalisation in Izhevsk;
the new memorial exposition and monument to Alexei Losev
in Moscow; the Fourth Kuzbass Philosophical
Readings on Terrorism as an Object of
Multidisciplinary Analysis; the International Symposium on Philosophy of Education and Educational
Policies in Russia and the Region in Chita; on
the Open Scholarly Conference commemorating the 175th anniversary of Helena Blavatsky in St. Petersburg. See Towards the Twenty-second World
Congress of Philosophy for the basic
information about the congress to be held from July 30 to August 5,
UNESCO and
Philosophy informs of the International
Philosophy Day in Morocco; the Symposium on Philosophy in Russia and in the World held by the Russian
Philosophical Society and the Institute of Philosophy, the Russian Academy of
Sciences (Moscow) to commemorate the World Philosophy Day; the events on the
Philosophy in Krasnoyarsk and Kazan. Problems
of Reaching Philosophy presents Imitation of Philosophy as a Complex of
Inferiority Symptom by Prof. V. N. Porus ( Managing
Education: Contemporary Approaches presents an interview with Prof. A. G. Barabyshev, Dean, Faculty
of State and Municipal Management, Higher School of Economics ( Experience
of Philosophical Cooperation presents
The Ideological Current of ‘Practical
Materialism’ in Contemporary The
Philosophical Life in the Near Abroad presents Uniformitas,
an analytical article on contemporary For topics of the recent
meetings of the Global Studies Regular
Seminar at the RPhS Presidium, see the Global Studies column. The column also presents Globalisation: The Derzhava-Minded Society,
Regional and Local Self-Governed Societies, Working Collective, and
Personality by S. A. Butov, Advisor ob
Global Issues to the President, the Russian Labour
Confederation ( The Standpoint presents Criticism
of the 25 October 2006 ‘Direct Line’: ‘Excellent’ to the President,
‘Unsatisfactory’ to Political Technologists by Sergey Sharakshané (Moscow); Life Without Co-
by S. V. Belozertsev, Ph. D. (Moscow); Consciousness and Its Objective Manifestations by N. N. Rodnova, Secretary,
Presidium, the RPhS (Moscow). Responses
to Our Publications include A Critique of the Energetisist
Concept of Consciousness, a response to Pr. A. I. Yakovlev’s article published in RPhS Bulletin No. 1, 2006 by Prof. V. P. Popov, D. Sc. (Chemistry) and Prof. I. V. Kraynyuchenko, D. Sc.
(Philosophy) (both Pyatigorsk); and On the Scientific Status of Philosophy by
A. K. Chekalov, Ph. D. (Kamensk-Shakhtinsk,
Rostov Oblast). Raising an
Issue presents The Philosophy of Managing Complex Sustems
by Prof. I. V. Kraynyuchenko and
Assoc. Prof. E. P. Bogdanova (Pyatigorsk). Published By Way of Discussion are On the Mission of Philosophy by Prof. Ye. Ya. Rezhabek (Rostov-on-Don); Rumours About the Death of Philosophy Are
Grossly Exaggerated S. S. Peruansky,
Ph. D. (Physics and Mathematics) (Moscow); Perception of Time Flow: Philosophical and Psychological Aspects
by Assoc. Prof. S. V. Dzyuba (Blagoveshchensk);
The Notion of Power in N. Luhmann’s Systems
Theory by V. A. Popova (Moscow); Imitation:
A Society’s Malaise or a Society’s Fate? by
Prof. Ye. V. Zolotokhina-Abolina and Prof. V. Ye. Zolotukhin (Rostov-on-Don). A Topical Issue is discussed in Kondopoga as A Form
of Social Being in Contemporary Russia by Prof. Kh. G. Tkhagapsoyev ( This issue’s Important Talks are by Prof. Yu. M. Khrustalyov (Moscow) on Morality as an Inperative
of Demographical Security; by N. S. Molyakova, Ph. D.
(Pedagogy) (Pskov) on Providing Access to Orthodox Cultural Values in Contemporary School;
by M. A. Cherkasova, D. Sc.
(Philosophy) (Kamensk-Shakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast) on The
Problem of Scientific Status of Philosophy of Ecology. Gistory and Philosophy of Science presents An
Important Task of Science and of Educational Process by Prof. V. M. Kairov (Vladikavkaz); and The
Language of Science in the Context of Postnonclassical
Rationality by Assoc. prof. V. A. Ivanova ( Pursuing
the Topic, Assoc. Prof. K. S. Khrutsky ( The Young Philosopher’s Page presents International
Terrorism and Human Rights by Postgraduate Student R. M. Musayev ( Contemporary
Foreign Journal presents a
review of Hans Küng’s works on global ethics. Mentioned as Noteworthy are information about joining the scholarly pilgrimage to Read Useful Information about the competition to be held by the Society
Foundation within the framework of programme Peculiarities of Russian Culture and Mentality as a Factor of the
Country’s Socioeconomic Development; the Sixth Russian National
Competition among non-philosophical students on the subject of Man in Technogenic
Civilisation; the forthcoming conference commemorating the forthcoming conference commemorating
the 200th anniversary of The
Phenomenology of Mind by G. W. F. Hegel; establishment of
the Federal Institute of Education Development by the Ministry of Education
and Science; professional skill enhancement in History and Philosophy of Science at the Moscow State Lomonosov University; the forthcoming conference on Man in Contemporary Philosophical Theories
to be held in Volgograd. Feedback presents an analytical review of RPhS Bulletin 2006:3 by an independent observer Pr. V. F. Druzhinin ( A Remark presents If It’s a
True Feedback It Should Work Both Ways by Assoc. Prof. N. I. Biryukov ( Pro Memoria presents Nails To
Be Made of These Men in which Prof. V. A. Razumny ( Projects
and Proposals of RPhS Members informs of the use of the voluntary contributions to the
RPhS fund made by Assoc. Prof. A. G. Pyrin ( See also book
reviews, annotations, book announcements, information on books and journals available at the RPhS
Presidium, doctoral (21) and candidate (77) dissertations in philosophy defended in the fourth quarter of 2006. Philosophers
Joke Too presents On Jokes and Beyond by Marina Musiychik ( The Poetic Page presents On Life,
Death, and Immortality by Eduard
Girusov ( Published also are letters of congratulations on jubilees and other notable events in philosophers’ lives and obituaries. Read also The RPhS
Conferences Plan for 2007, envisaging 59 conferences. We publish Supplement to the Russian Philosophical Society
Structure, introducing 4 new
regional branches (to the total number of 118), and Additions to the RPhS
Membership List (amounting to 5,583
individual members). Read also requirements for
the RPhS
membership for 2007. Like in all
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,
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