Bulletin of the Russian Philosophical Society
No. 3 (35) 2005 (256 p.)
We hereby announce publication and circulation of the Bulletin of the
Russian Philosophical Society No. 3, 2005 (Editor-in-Chief, Professor
A. N. Chumakov; Executive Secretary, Professor
N. Z. Yaroschuk).
This issue opens publication of 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 Moscow State Lomonosov University.
The Editor’s Column is titled The RPhS Bulletin as
the Mirror of the Russian Philosophy.
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 Moscow State Lomonosov University.
Under the column Summarising the
Fourth Russian Congress of Philosophy read papers delivered at the Congress
plenary sessions: Contemporary
Communication Space as a Factor of Cultural and Philosophical Transformations
by Pr. V. V. Mironov, Vice-Rector, Dean, Faculty of Philosophy,
Moscow State University, and The Changing
Role of Social Philosophy and Civilisational Projects by Pr. V. Ye. Kemerov,
Chair, Department of Social Philosophy, the Urals M. Gorky State
University (Yekaterinburg).
The section Evening Lectures
Delivered at the 4th RCPh presents Academician G. V. Osipov’s
lecture on The Sociology of
“Globalisation”.
Opinions, Judgements
and Impressions of the Congress include: On the Fourth Congress: Axiology and
Something Else by Pr. N. S. Rybakov (Pskov); The Recent Congress: A Response from
Petrozavodsk by Pr. V. M. Pivoyev (Petrozavodsk); Philosophy and the Future of Civilisation:
Istanbul – Moscow – Seoul by Pr. Ya. S. Yaskevich
and Pr. V. K. Lukashevich (Minsk); Russia as a Philosophical State by Pr. L. Ye. Grinin
(Volgograd); “Philosophy and the Future
of Civilisation” for Philosophy and the Future of Civilisations by Assoc. Pr. I. I. Ivanova
(Bishkek); The Russian World Congress of
Philosophy? by Assoc. Pr. A. G. Pyrin
(Moscow); The Moscow Congress Has United
the Philosophers of Russia by Pr. G. V. Drach and
O. S. Tumanova, Ph.D. (Rostov-on-Don); Press Release of the 4th RCPh (On Iranian Philosophers at the 4th RCPh)
by Gudrat Seifi (Moscow).
Information about
Sections, Round Tables, Colloquia, and Symposia
includes: Symposium on the Ecological
Imperatives of Contemporary Civilisation by Pr. E. V. Girusov
and Pr. I. K. Liseyev (Moscow); The Philosophy and Methodology of the Social and Ecological Policies:
the Round Table by Pr. V. N. Rastorguyev (Moscow).
Information from the
RPhS Regional Branches and Organisations
includes materials about the Herzen Philosophical Society in
St. Petersburg; a symposium on the Dialogue
of Weltanschauungen in Nizhny Novgorod; the
Virtual Studies Section’s plans until
end of 2005.
The Events and Comments
section informs of the International Conference on Universities and Intelligentsia in Russia (Late 19th – Early 20th
Century) held at the Rostov State University; the yearly conference on The Development of Scientific Philosophy
at the Perm Staet University; the round table commemorating the Tyumen
university’s jubilee as a part of the International Conference on Modernisation of Education under Conditions
of Globalisation at the Tyumen University; the 18th Moscow International Book Fair.
Under the column Philosophical Journey to Greece impressions about the recent scholarly
and cultural event, a trip to Greece of thirty RPhS members from Russia and
China by a Philosophical Bus, are
shared by Pr. A. N. Chumakov, Assoc. Pr. A. G. Pyrin, Ye. B. Zolotykh, Ph. D. (Geology and Mineralogy) (all
from Moscow),
Doctoral Student Zhao Yan (China), Assoc. Pr. O. D. Masloboyeva
(St. Petersburg).
In the UNESCO and Philosophy section read about events to
mark the World Philosophy Day, November 17, 2005, in Russia.
See the Managing Education:
Contemporary Approaches column for an interview
with the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
V. I. Zhukov, the Founding Rector, the Russian State Social
University.
In the Foreign Colleague’s
Opinions section read History of
Russian Science: A Chinese View by Doctoral Students Zhen Wuyhun and Zhei
Weili (Peking, PRC).
Published in the Global Studies
section is On Global Studies and the
Philosophy Thereof by Pr. A. I. Uvarov (Moscow).
Under the Union of Philosophy and
Natural Sciences column find General
Principles of Normal Vital Activity: Individual Norm as the Basis of Health
by Academician K. V. Sudakov, the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
(Moscow).
In Responses to Our Publications
read a letter by Ye. V. Orlova (Moscow) responding to Our Universities:
Titles and Essences (on the Role and Significance of True Universities) by A. V. Katsura and
A. N. Chumakov published in the RPhS
Bulletin, No. 1, 2005. Also published under that column are Is ‘Earthly’ Resurrection Practically
Possible? by Pr. V. A. Ignatyev (Ryazan), a response to
I. V. Vishev’s proposal to carry on a debate on practical immortality
and real resurrection (RPhS Bulletin, No. 2, 2005), and notes
D. Tserkovny and Yu. Guseva, students from Lipetsk, commenting on A. A. Krushanov’s
Civilisation’s Strategic Reserves
(RPhS Bulletin, No. 1, 2005).
Under the Polemics column Pr. V. N. Porus (Moscow) challenges the principal
theses of Pr. G. N. Gumnitsky and
Pr. M. G. Zelentsova (Ivanovo, see
On ‘Pluralism’
in Philosophy and the Attainment of Truth,
RPhS Bulletin, No. 2, 2005) in his Knout Instead of Ethics as an Argument of
Dialectical Materialism.
Published By Way of Discussion
are The Prime Principles and the
Principal Syntagma of Epistemology by Pr. E. A. Taysina
(Kazan).
The Oriental Philosophies are
represented by Pr. V. K. Shokhin’s Nyaya-Vaishesika on Nonbeing and Its Varieties.
Under the Feedback column Pr. V. F. Druzhinin (Moscow) reviews
RPhS Bulletin No. 2, 2005.
Under the Philosophy in the Internet column read Master Class by D. G. Shkayev (Moscow).
This issue’s Contemporary Foreign
Journal is The Philosopher,
No. 1, 2005 (U.K.), dealing with problems of Russian philosophy.
Mentioned as Noteworthy is the exclusive offer (to RPhS members only) to get the
following RPhS issues: Nos. 3 & 4, 1998; No. 4, 1999; Nos. 2
to 4, 2000; Nos. 1 to 4, 2001; Nos. 1, 2 & 4, 2002; Nos. 1
to 4, 2003, at the unique price of RR 10 per issue. The offer is valid
till December 25, 2005.
The readers are also informed of the forthcoming Golden Pages of the Fourth Russian Congress of Philosophy. The
publication has been initiated by the Kuban Regional Branch and the Urals
Philosophical Society. Papers are to be sent to postmodernist@mail.ru or grbasile@narod.ru.
RPhS members are also invited to join
the competition for the best publication in the field of psychology and
education to be held from September 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006.
Read
Useful Information about
·
the Fifth Frolov Readings held on
November 15, 2005 at the Institute of Philosophy, RAS;
·
the Russian
National Workshop commemorating the 400th
anniversary of Patriarch Nikon held on October 27-28, 2005 in Saransk; e-màil: guniign@list.ru;
·
the inter-university students’
conference on Globalisation: Legal,
Economic, Social and Cultural Aspects to be held on February 25, 2006
at the Moscow State Academy of Law; e-mail: Ben_Raf@mail.ru;
·
the St. Petersburg Philosophy Days to be held from
November 16 to November 19, 2005; for details, call to
(+7-812) 328-9440, extension 105, or fax to (+7-812) 328-4408; phone
(+812) 328-9421; e-mail: science@philosophy.pu.ru and/or tatyana@DR2709.spb.edu;
·
the St. Petersburg
Philosophical Society’s Second Navigation
Prize for 2005; for details, call Andrey Patkul at (+7-812) 318-5875;
e-mail: patkul@AP10421.spb.edu;
·
the Third Torchinov Readings in Religious
and Oriental Studies in memory of the distinguished Russian Orientalist
Ye. A. Torchinov (1956-2003) to be held from February 15 to
February 18, 2006 in St. Petersburg; e-mail: torchinov2006@yandex.ru;
·
the International Conference on Youth, the Future of Civilisation to be
held from November 15 to November 17, 2005 at the St. Petersburg
Branch of the Russian Customs Academy; for detail, call to
(+7-812) 706-1365, fax to (+7-812) 706-1373 or visit http://www.spbrsa.ru:
and http://credo-new.narod.ru;
·
a competition for the Russian Minerva Prize established by the
Editorial Board, Political Class, to
distinguish the most significant works in the field of Russian political
thought; for details, call to (+7-095) 241-2773; the competition rules are
available at http://politklass.ru and
http://nigru.ru .
The new section Projects and
Proposals of RPhS Members informs of G. N. Mezentsev’s proposal
for accumulating means to expand the RPhS activities and the first contributions
by Alexander Grigoryevich PYRIN (RR 13,000) and Gennady Mikolayevich
MEZENTSEV (RR 10,000).
See also book reviews, annotations, book announcements, information on
books and journals available at the Presidium of the Russian Philosophical Society,
doctoral (19) and candidate (63) dissertations in philosophy defended in the
third quarter of 2005.
In the Philosophers Joke Too column read Only Philosophers Do Joke! by Olga and Vasily Rusakovs
(Yekaterinburg) and A Fairy Tale by Fyodor Selivanov (Tyumen).
On the Poetic Page read verse by Liliya Yegorova (Kazan) and Alexander
Mayboroda (Rostov-on-Don).
Published also are letters of
congratulations on jubilees, rewards, other notable events and obituaries.
The readers are reminded of the Russian Philosophical Society’s
organizational structure, viz. the Presidium, the Inspection Committee, 114
regional branches, 39 field branches, 53 primary units of the Moscow
Philosophical Society; we also publish the complete membership list
(5,457 members).
Read also requirements for the RPhS membership for 2006. 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, email your messages addressed to the RPhS Presidium and the RPhS
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or rphs@iph.ras.ru.
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