Challenges of Uncertainty and the Risk of Rare Events
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 21:38The paper outlines the methodological framework in which the attitude to uncertainty and risk is rational and allows, under conditions, to make prudent decisions aimed at achieving goals. The fundamental difference between the conditions of uncertainty and risk is shown. An interdisciplinary definition of risk is proposed that is not associated with any science or group of sciences. The definition is based on the idea that risk is a consequence of decisions made by a person based on his goals, assessments, and value system.
Epistemology of prejudice and stereotypes
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 21:38The article continues the exploration of “non-ideal” epistemology by focusing on collective epistemic attitudes such as prejudice and stereotypes. These attitudes are examined in terms of their epistemic status, distinct from moral evaluation. The article challenges the view of prejudices and stereotypes as inherentlyfalse by analyzing their functions of cognitive economy and social legitimation, first noted by W. Lippmann.
An explanatory hypothesis constructing scheme in William Whewell’s theory of knowledge.
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 21:38The paper aims to show that turning to the original works of William Whewell, the author of the hypothetico-deductive model of substantiation of scientific knowledge, can force us to return once again to the conversation about the content of the inference leading to knowledge. Positivists have consolidated what Larry Laudan calls «consequentialism» – the idea that the only significant form of evidential support for a theory is the empirical confirmation of its consequences.
The metaphor of the gene in the conceptions of cultural evolution
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 21:38An integral feature of any theorizing about cultural phenomena is the desire to identify discrete segments of cultural products. One of the most famous examples of antiquity is the conception of Plato’s ideas. Today, many approaches in the humanities have focused around this cognitive trend, including semiotics, the history of concepts, discursive research, etc. This indicates the fundamental nature of questions about the essence, properties, relationships, and volume of these elementary units.
The evolution of socio-cultural development in the context of a globalized economy.
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 21:38Sociocultural transformation in the context of building a multipolar, multicultural world has a formative impact on the modernization of the economy, actualizes the procedures of institutionalization, programming the processes of integration and disintegration of culture and sociality. Considering the local community as an object of research, the purpose of the work is to analyze the socio-cultural conditions and factors that determine the processes of evolution of local communities.
The Methodological and Expert Dimensions of Play Organization.
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Mon, 10/13/2025 - 21:38It is reasonable to assume that certain forms of activity accompany the human being throughout life, with play being the most significant. For preschoolers, play serves as both a means of personality development and a form of socialisation. Play presupposes the existence of rules that must be followed – both universal and specific to a particular game. These rules are arranged hierarchically and have either an explicit or implicit author. While the authorship of ancient games is often obscure, modern games typically have identifiable creators.
The Authorship Problem of the Illustrations in the Edition of the Russian Translation (1929–1932) of Don Quixote in the Context of Academia Publishing Practice
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sun, 10/12/2025 - 23:08This article addresses the question of authorship illustrations in the 1929 (Volume I) and 1932 (Volume II) editions of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote de la Mancha, published by the Academia publishing house. The objective of this article is twofold: firstly, to determine the identity of the artist responsible for the drawings; and secondly, to elucidate the rationale behind the absence of the artist’s name on the title page of the book and in its bibliographic description.
Artificial Intelligence as a Factor in Attracting Users to the Library
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sun, 10/12/2025 - 23:08The aim of the study is to analyze the efficiency of the artificial intelligence (AI) application to library and information service to attract young people. The example of the branch of the MAUK Centralized City Library System of Tyumen Industrial Park "Litera" is used to analyze the main areas of application of AI technologies in the activities of a public library. Particular attention is paid to mass library and information services.
Promising Solutions to the Problem of Reducing Teenagers’ Reader Interest
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Sun, 10/12/2025 - 23:08The decrease in socio-cultural status of reading and its displacement from the sphere of free time is taking on significant proportions. The purpose of the study is to analyze and display the real picture of reading, in particular teenagers’ one, as well as to identify the possibilities and most promising library projects in the support and development of reading. Special attention in the study of this problem is given to reading in childhood and teenagers (7–15 years), since it is during this period that worldview and mortal guidelines are formed.