A prominent place in the development of cosmic thinking, or cosmism, is occupied by the works of a great scientist and philosopher Lyudmila Shaposhnikova, who develops the provisions of the Living Ethics, maintaining the continuity in the development of scientific and philosophical ideas suggested by the Roerich family members, and other prominent cosmist thinkers.
At the same time, along with the rising importance of the cosmism’s ideas in the modern scientific and philosophical thought, and their relevance to the society’s sustainable development, there are forces that reject the ideological foundations of cosmism and aim to find fault with the views of its outstanding representatives. In this situation, it is becoming more and more urgent to develop and promote the ideas of cosmism among various social strata, especially among scientists, educators and cultural workers, as well as to defend the names and ideas of cosmists from ignorant criticism and distortions.
Scientific proceedings of the conference make a significant contribution to the development of a new scientific picture of the world, which is based on the cosmic world-view. The conference plays an important role in the formation of cosmic consciousness among people, which is essential for understanding and solving humanity’s most pressing problems.
The conference’s main goal, which is achieved to some extent, is to understand the evolutionary significance of the Russian cosmism. One of the conference’s important outcomes was the rising awareness of the need to unite the scientists’ efforts for further study of the issues of the Russian cosmism. The main guidelines for this research could be the following: to interpret and develop further the methodology of the cosmic reality philosophy applied to the study of the Russian cosmism; to investigate the issues of the Russian cosmism that to a greater or lesser extent were highlighted by all its representatives, or at least by most of them; to determine the characteristics of the various stages in the development of the Russian cosmism, namely the philosophy of cosmism of the Russian Silver Age and the philosophy of the Living Ethics by the Roerich, and the general trends in evolution of the Russian cosmism.
This collected edition contains reports that address various issues and aspects of the Russian cosmism.