Works presented in the book are the proceedings of the symposium "What Does It Mean to Know?" (1998). The book portrays a wide range of philosophical approaches to problems of knowledge and cognitive activity. The concept of knowledge is also investigated in the context of education; relations between knowledge and comprehension are taken into consideration as well. A significant interest is paid to the mind-body problem.
Contributed materials are only a part of a wider project - teleconference "What Does It Mean to Know?", which is going which is going to be held by Fund "Centre for Humanities" on the Website "Philosophy in Russia" (www.philosophy.ru). Minutes of the symposium and multimedia data of presentations are also posted there. In the framework of the teleconference articles and any responses to presented materials are being received (e-mail: katrechk@philosophy.ru).
Editors - Goutner Gregory B.; Katretchko (Katrechko) Sergey L.
CONTENTS
Barabashev À. Philosophy as Schematism of Figurative Thinking
Gluhov À. To Recover a Consciousnes
Goutner G. Knowledge as Event and Process
Katretchko S. Knowledge as Phenomenon of Consciousness
Kiyaschenko L. What does Consciousness Comprehend in Knowledge?
Lebedev M. Semantics of Transit from Description to Explanation
Nuzhdin G. Consciousness and its Structures
Rodin A. On the Renewal of Comprehension
Tarasenko V. Cognition as Fractal Wandering in the World
Chernyak A. Knowledge and Reference