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Philosophy & Cosmology INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OFINTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY COSMOLOGY OF UKRAINIANPHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHICAL AND COSMOLOGY FOUNDATION PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY & COSMOLOGY& COSMOLOGY Volume 20 2015 (Vol. 15) Kyiv, 2015 Kyiv, 2018 Philosophy and Cosmology, Volume 20 The Academic Journal ISSN 2518-1866 (Online), ISSN 2307-3705 (Print) The State Registration Certificate of the print mediaКВ №20780-10580Р, June 25 2014 http://ispcjournal.org/ E-mail: [email protected] Printed in the manner of scientific-theoretical digest “Philosophy & Cosmology” since 2004. Printed in the manner of Academic Yearbook of Philosophy and Science “Философия и космология/Philosophy & Cosmology” since 2011. Printed in the manner of Academic Journal “Philosophy & Cosmology” since Volume 12, 2014. Printed according to resolution of Scientific Board of International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology (Minutes of meeting № 1 from January 10 2018) Editor-in-Chief Oleg Bazaluk, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor Editorial Board Gennadii Aliaiev, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Ukraine) Eugene Afonasin, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Russia) Anna Brodsky, PhD, Professor (USA) Javier Collado-Ruano, PhD, Professor (Brazil) Kevin Crotty, PhD, Professor (USA) Leonid Djakhaia, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Georgia) Panos Eliopoulos, PhD, Professor (Greece) Georgi Gladyshev, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor (USA) Aleksandr Khazen, PhD (USA) Sergey Krichevskiy, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Russia) Akop Nazaretyan, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Russia) Viktor Okorokov, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Ukraine) Alexander Panov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor (Russia) Sergey Proleev, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Ukraine) Denys Svyrydenko, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Ukraine) Arkady Ursul, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor (Russia) Viktor Zlokazov, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor (Russia) The Journal is abstracted and indexed in the following international databases: Web of Science; Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory; DOAJ; CEEOL; ResearchBib; Open Academic Journals Index; Google Scholar; Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR); the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR); WorldCat; Index Copernicus; Citefactor; DRJI; Polish Scholarly Bibliography; EBSCO; ERIH PLUS; The Philosopher’s Index; Science Index International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology: http://www.bazaluk.org/ Ukrainian philosophical foundation: http://www.philosophy.ua/ua/institute/ukrainskiy-filosofskiy-fond/ © International Society of Philosophy and Cosmology, 2018 © Bazaluk, Oleg (Editor-in-Chief), 2018 INTERNATIONALМІЖНАРОДНЕ SOCIETY ФІЛОСОФСЬКО-КОСМОЛОГІЧНЕOF PHILOSOPHY AND COSMOLOGY ТОВАРИСТВО UKRAINIAN PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION PHILOSOPHY & PHILOSOPHY COSMOLOGY& COSMOLOGY Том 20 2015 (Vol. 15) Kyiv, 2015 Київ, 2018 Philosophy and Cosmology, Том 20 Науковий журнал ISSN 2518-1866 (Online), ISSN 2307-3705 (Print) Свідоцтво про державну реєстрацію друкованого засобу масової інформації — КВ №20780-10580Р від 25 червня 2014 р. http://ispcjournal.org/ E-mail: [email protected] Видається як науково-теоретичний збірник «Філософія і Космологія» з 2004 року; як науково-теоретичний щорічник «Філософія і Космологія / Philosophy & Cosmology» — з 2011 року; як науковий журнал «Philosophy & Cosmology» – з випуску 2014, Том 12 Друкується за рішенням наукової ради Міжнародного філософсько-космологічного товариства (протокол № 1 від 10 січня 2018 р.) Головний редактор О. О. Базалук, доктор філософських наук, професор Редакційна колегія Г. Є. Аляєв, д. філос. н., проф. (заст. головного редактора, Україна) Є. В. Афонасін, д. філос. н., проф. (Росія) А. Бродски, PhD, проф. (США) Г. П. Гладишев, д. хім. н., проф. (США) Л. Г. Джахая, д. філос. н., проф. (Грузія) В. Б. Злоказов, д. фіз.-мат. н., проф. (Росія) Х. Колладо-Руано, PhD, проф. (Бразилія) С. В. Крічевський, д. філос. н., проф. (Росія) К. Кротті, PhD, проф. (США) А. П. Назаретян, д. філос. н., проф. (Росія) В. Б. Окороков, д. філос. н., проф. (Україна) О. Д. Панов, д. фіз.-мат. н., проф. (Росія) С. В. Пролеєв, д. філос. н., проф. (Україна) Д. Б. Свириденко, д. філос. н., проф. (Україна) А. Д. Урсул, д. філос. н., проф. (Росія) О. І. Хазен, к. фіз.-мат. н., доцент (США) П. Эліопоулос, PhD, проф. (Греція) Журнал індексується в наступних міжнародних базах: Web of Science; Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory; DOAJ; CEEOL; ResearchBib; Open Academic Journals Index; Google Scholar; Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR); the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR); WorldCat; Index Copernicus; Citefactor; DRJI; Polish Scholarly Bibliography; EBSCO; ERIH PLUS; The Philosopher’s Index; Science Index Міжнародне філософсько-космологічне товариство: http://www.bazaluk.org/ Український філософський фонд: http://www.philosophy.ua/ua/institute/ukrainskiy-filosofskiy-fond/ © Міжнародне філософсько- космологічне товариство, 2018 © Базалук О. О. (гол. ред.), 2018 Table of Contents Section One ............................................................................................................................ 7 INERT MATTER James R. Johnson ...................................................................................................................... 8 Multiverse Assumptions and Philosophy Akop P. Nazaretyan, Yerbol Ismailov, and Ekaterina Sazhienko ............................... 18 “Our Last Century”: Is the Earth Civilization Cosmologically Relevant? Arkady Ursul and Tatiana Ursul ........................................................................................ 33 Universal (Global) Evolutionism Section Two ............................................................................................................................ 42 LIVING MATTER Vladimir Melnikov and Victor Gennadinik ....................................................................... 43 Cryodiversity: the World of Cold on the Earth and in the Solar System Section Three .......................................................................................................................... 55 INTELLIGENT MATTER Boris Balter and Marina Faminskaya ................................................................................. 56 Noosphere as Optimal Control. Part 2. Reflective Noosphere Vasyl H. Fatkhutdinov and Oleg Bazaluk ........................................................................... 74 The Importance of the Brain Neuro-Programming Technologies in National and Regional Security Strategies Zdzisław Kieliszek ................................................................................................................. 83 National Identity as an Important Topic of the Research of the Man in the Future: “Opening” the Potential of the Fichtean Concept of National Identity Sergey Krichevsky ................................................................................................................. 92 Super Global Projects and Environmentally Friendly Technologies Used in Space Exploration: Realities and Prospects of the Space Age Raisa Naumenko ................................................................................................................... 106 Philosophy of Public Governance: Manpower Policy of Modern Ukraine in the Context of Globalization Roman Oleksenko, Valentin Molodychenko and Nina Shcherbakova ........................ 113 Neoliberalism in Higher Education as a Challenge for Future Civilization Philosophy and Cosmology. Volume 20, 2018 5 Oleksandr Polishchuk, Galyna Buchkivska, and Liudmyla Pavlishena ................... 120 The Metaphor of Dialogue: Philosophical Conceptualization and Implementation to Social and Learning Practice Sergii Rudenko, Yaroslav Sobolievskyi, and Vadym Tytarenko .................................. 128 Cosmology in the Philosophical Education of Ukraine: History and Modern Condition Oksana Voitovska and Svitlana Tolochko ....................................................................... 139 Physical Education Teachers’ Perspectives in a Changing World: From Future Studies to New Physical Culture Sergii Yahodzinskyi .............................................................................................................. 146 Anthropomorphic Networks as Representatives of Global Consciousness Section Four ......................................................................................................................... 154 COSMOLOGY IN PERSONS Gennadii Aliaiev and Svetlana Kutsepal .......................................................................... 154 Nikolay Lossky’s Cosmology Iryna Liashenko ................................................................................................................... 163 Wilhelm Dilthey: Understanding the Human World Viktor Okorokov ................................................................................................................. 170 Limits of Thought in the Light of Nature and Divinity. A Return to Ancient Thought or the Quest for the Being of Primordial Thinking in the Later Heidegger Authors .................................................................................................................................. 185 Information for Authors .................................................................................................... 194 6 Philosophy and Cosmology. Volume 20, 2018 Section One INERT MATTER
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