Collective works

Selected collective works

(in Russian language)

Ivanov D., Trufanova E., Zagidullin Zh. Consciousness: Explanation, Construction, Reflection. Moscow, 2016.

The monograph tackles three different aspects of the problem of consciousness: 1) the mind-body problem and the problem of phenomenal properties; 2) the problem of the social construction of the self-consciousness; 3) the problem of the methodology of the research in the field of consciousness.

Cognition and consciousness in the interdisciplinary perspecitve. Part 1. Moscow: IphRAS, 2013.

The book discusses contemporary problems of theory of knowledge and philosophy of consciousness as seen in the interdisciplinary perspective. The main problems discussed in this book are: productivity of the interdisciplinary approach, problem of translation between the scientific languages of different disciplines, problem of subjective reality from the informational approach point of view, critical analysis of the naturalized approach to the understanding of consciousness in the contemporary analytical philosophy etc. Special subjects of research concern problem of scientific foresight and problems of utopia and escapism as special forms of consciousness.

Relativism, Pluralism, Scepticism: Epistemological Analysis. Ed. by V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 2012.

The contemporary discussion of relativism in epistemology is the central subject of this book. The authors represent different viewpoints, they show the difference between relativism, relationism, pluralism, scepticism. They analyse relativistic ideas in different spheres of philosophic and scientific knowledge. Aside from fundamental problems of conceptualization of relativism and its types, some more specific problems are discussed, such as: value of truth in scepticism and relativism, sociologism in epistemology, relativism in social constructionism, relativism and universalism in works of J.Derrida etc.

The Human in the World of Knowledge. For the 80^th Jubilee of V.A.Lektorsky’s. Ed.by N.S.Avtonomova, B.I.Pruzhinin. M., 2012.

This book is dedicated to the 80^th Jubilee of the principal contemporary Russian philosopher, specialist in epistemology, full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.A.Lektorsky. The authors are international philosophers and scientists, discussing the most acute problems of contemporary theory of knowledge – the problem of the nature of knowledge, relations between different types of knowledge, the status of knowledge in contemporary culture, the possibilities of its research in philosophy and special disciplines, perspectives of sciences and human in the upcoming “knowledge society”.

Epistemology: Perspectives for Development. Ed. by V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 2012.

Authors of this volume have an ambitious goal – to research the contemporary transformations in the ways of discussing fundamental epistemological problems and to describe the problem field of contemporary epistemology. They research transformation that are currently occuring in epistemology, analyse such parts of modern epistemology as social, evolution, formal epistemology, research new type of relations between epistemology and cognitive sciences, epistemology and philosophy of mind, epistemological relativism and social constructionism, as well as of the relation between contemporary epistemology and “knowledge society”.

Rationality and its Limits

This volume contains papers by the participants of the international scientific conferenve "Rationality and its Limits" that took place during the meeting of the International Institude of Philosophy in September 2011 in Moscow. The main topics discussed in the papers are the various types and aspects of rationality, the connection between rationality and morality, the possibility of rationality outside of science, rationality as a cultural value and the limits and boundaries of the concept of rationality.

These texts are directed to readersv who are interested in current trends in epistemology and philosophy of science, and especially in the fate of European scientific rationality

and also

Knowledge as a Subject of Epistemology. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, IF RAN, 2011.
Epistemology: New Horizons. Ed. V.A.Lekstorsky. Moscow, Kanon+, 2011.
Epistemology Yesterday and Tomorrow. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, IF RAN, 2010.
Philosophy of Science. Issue 15. Epistemology: Topical Problems. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, IF RAN, 2010.
Problem of Conscioussness in Philosophy and Science. Ed. D.I.Dubrovsky. Moscow, Kanon+, 2009.
Constructivist Approach in Epistemology and Human Sciences. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 2009.
Towards Non-Classical Epistemology (in memory of V.S.Shvyrev). Ed.V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, IF RAN, 2009.
Constructivism in the Theory of Knowledge. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, IF RAN, 2008. (PDF)
Cognitive Approach: Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Disciplines. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, Kanon+, 2008.
Cognition, Comprehension, Construction. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, IF RAN, 2008. (PDF)
Science through the Eyes of Humanist. Ed. V.A. Lektorsky. Moscow, 2005.
Bonifatiy Mikhailovich Kedrov. Essays, Memoirs, Materials. Ed. V.A. Lektorsky. Moscow, 2005.
Human. Science. Civilization. 70^th Anniversary of Academy Member V.S.Stepin. Ed. I.T.Kassavin. Moscow, 2004.
Knowledge in the Social Structures. Eds.V.A.Lektorsky, V.E.Kemerov. Ekaterinburg, 2003.
Subject, Congition, Activity. 70^th Anniversary of V.A.Lektorsky. Ed. I.T.Kassavin. Moscow, 2002.
Social Philosopy and Modern Social Sciences. Eds. V.A.Lektorsky, V.E.Kemerov. Ekaterinburg, 2002.
Rationality at the Crossroads. V.1. Ed.V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 2000.
Alternative Worlds of Knowledge. Eds. V.N.Porus, E.L.Chertkova. Saint-Petersburg, 2000.
Reason and Existence. Ed.I.T.Kassavin, V.N.Porus. Saint-Petersburg, 1999.
E.V.Ilyenkov. Personality and Works. Ed. V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 1998.
Science in Culture. Ed. V.N.Porus. Moscow, 1998.
Self-consciousness: mine and ours. Towards Stating the Problem. Ed. F.T.Mikhailov. Moscow, 1997.
Ideal, Utopia and Critical Reflection. Ed.V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 1996.
Historical Types of Rationality.V.1. Ed.V.A.Lektorsky. Moscow, 1995.
Scientific and Extra-Scientific Forms of Thinking. Eds. I.T.Kassavin, V.N.Porus. Moscow, 1996.