CHALLENGES FACING PHILOSOPHY
IN UNITED EUROPE

IPhR- BAS
SOFIA
2004
Proceedings
23 rd Session
Varna International Philosophical School
June, 3 rd – 6 th , 2004

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Contents

Plenary session

Geogi Parvanov

President of the Republic of Bulgaria

Address to the Participants of the 23 Session
of Varna Internatioinal Philosophical School 2004 ......................... 13

Prof. DSc. Vassil Prodanov

Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research
at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Opening Speech

Challenges Facing Philosophy in United Europe ............................. 15

Dr. Hristina Hristova

Minister of Labor and Social Policy

Social Policy and Social Justice under the Conditions of Market
Economy. ............................................................................................ 18

First section

How Philosophy Could Support Science
in Building the Knowledge-Based Society in Europe?

Anguel S. Stefanov – Knowledge-based Society – an Empty, or a
Guiding Slogan? ................................................................................27

Gabor Kutrovatz – An Epistemological Reconsideration of Present
Controversies about Science .............................................................31

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Laszlo Ropolyi – The ‘science = technology + philosophy' thesis .....39

Lilia Gurova – Philosophy of Science in the Struggle for the Soul of
Science ...................................................................................... 50

Dragoljub Zivkovic – Interactive Philosophy Power in Europe and
the World ...........................................................................................57

Ruzica Petrovic – National Philosophies and European Philosophy ...62

Ivan Katzarski – Splitting up in Philosophy and Culture. Possibilities
for Nationally Specific Development and Choice Of Strategy .........66

Julia Vasseva – Knowledge-Based Society between Science and
Pseudo-science ..........................................................................................75

Anna Goranova – New Epistemological Situations in Information
Societies ..............................................................................................82

Daniela Ivanova – Unity of Science as a Real Problem: Is there a
Scientific Dialogue? ..........................................................................89

Ivailo Nikolov – The Interdisciplinarity of 21-st Century-new Horizons
of The Formation of Universal Scientific Background .........96

Nina Atanasova – Why and How Could Philosophy Be a Mediator
between Science and Society? ........................................................103

Vladimir Stoychev – The Rhetoric of Incorporeity .........................109

Mihail Igov – Knowledge based Society without Reflection
on Science – Is it Possible? ..............................................................115

Nikolay Milkov – Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology: Common
Sources, Related Results ........................................................119

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Second section

Human Rights, Freedom and Citizenship
in United Europe: New Situations and Conflicts
in the Philosophical Discourse Ethical Challenges in United Europe?

Александр Сейтов – Становление конфликтологической
парадигмы в контексте европейских интеграционных
процессов ........................................................................................129

Vassil Prodanov – A Philosophical Concept of Europe ..................152

Alla Vladova – Philosophical Dimensions of (Euro)integration:
Political Pragmatism or Historical Necessity? ..............................159

Diana Danova – Bulgaria: A Country in Transition ......................167

Лариса Никовская – Трансформация отношений между
государством и гражданским обществом и их специфика
в России: конфликтологический аспект ................................172

Анатолий Самарин – Глобализация как деградация:
случай России ................................................................................182

Анатолий Дмитриев – Конфликтогенность миграции:
глобальный аспект ......................................................................205

Евгений Степанов – Социальная политика как фактор
урегулирования конфликтов власти и гражданского
общества ......................................................................................228

Elena Petrova – Moral and European Identity ...............................240

Vassil Penchev – ''Perestroika'' – the Civilization Choice of Russia ...245

Vihren Buzov – Freedom, Rational Discussion and the Justification
of Liberal Philosophy ......................................................................251

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Stefan Vlahov – The Place and State of Individual Human Values in
the Conflict between Nationalism and Globalization .................255

Stanka Hristova – Bioethics at a Crossroad ....................................262

Third section

Culture and Cultural Policy in the Process of
European Integration?

Aydin Guney, Bahriye Gulgun – Unity in Diversity .....................271

Dafina Genova – Women's New Identities and Women's
Newspapers ......................................................................................275

Nikolay Buyukliev – The European Integration – a Beautiful
Metaphor with an Unanticipated End .........................................282

Ivanka Stupova – Challenges of Aesthetic Values in the European
Cultural Tradition ..........................................................................285

Valeri Lichev – Topology of the External and the Spiritual Space ...292

Nonka Bogomilova – The “Christian” Europe: the West,
the East, the Balkans. The European and the National
in the Balkans. The role of Religion ...............................................298

Bogdana Todorova – Muslims in Europe – Policy of Interests
and Values .......................................................................................305

Zorica Kuburic, Ana Kuburic – Self-image between Secular
and Spiritual Identity .....................................................................314

Rumen Mudrov – Religious Denominations in Bulgaria
and the Euro Integration ................................................................321

Драган Тодорович – Цыгане о других .........................................327

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Stoychjo Yotov – Attempts on Evangelism in the Frameworks of
the Current Integration Process in Central and East Europe .....342

Ivan Bozukov – Religion Paradox of Secular Globalization
in Europe .........................................................................................350

Latjo Latev – The Dangerous Charm of Regional Cultural Trances ...356

Nina Dimitrova – The European West, the European East
and Religious Anthropology ...........................................................359

Sonya Kaneva – Hopes and Suspicions in the Bulgarian Cultural
Euro Integration ..............................................................................365

Fourth section

Logic, Ontology and Epistemology: Their
Contributiton to the United European Area

Stancho Dimiev – The Resourses of Human Reason ......................371

Vesselin Petrov – General Topics and Dilemmas of Applied
Ontologies ........................................................................................376

Assen Dimitrov – Nonalgorithmic Order ........................................384

Nikolay Obreshkov – Linguistics and Logic – some comments
about the Chomskyan tradition ....................................................392

Ivaylo Dimitrov – Philosophy of SIN and Knowledge-Based
Society .............................................................................................399

Donka Slavova-Sokolova – Philosophy of Education:
Epistemological Aspects in a European Context .........................406

Jana Yaneva – Necessary Changes in the Bulgarian Education
in Logic in view of its Harmonization with the European
Educational System ........................................................................413

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Martin Tabakov – Philosophical and Practical Challenges
to Logic in 21st Century .................................................................419

Engelsina Tasseva – Seeking after Unity (contexts and
context-mediators – a logical aspect) ............................................430

Boris Grozdanov – A Priori Revisability and Einstein's Train
Thought Experiment .......................................................................437

Ivanichka Slavcheva – Moral Principles of Research Ethics
in Contemporary Scientific Knowledge ........................................456

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