V. S. STYOPIN

Head Section of Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology and Law of the Department for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician of the RAS, head of the Department of Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Culture of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor. Author more than 700 scientific works, including 28 monographs: “Formation of the scientific theory”, “Philosophical anthropology and philosophy of science”, “A scientific picture of the world in culture of a technogenic civilization”, “Philosophy of science and equipment”, “An era of changes and scenarios of the future”, “Theoretical knowledge” (2000; in Spain – Stiopin V.S. El Saber Teorica. Estructura, Evolucion Hictorica, 2004; in English – Stepin V. Theoretical Knowledge. Springer, 2005), “Science philosophy: common problems”, “Civilization and culture”, “Scientific knowledge of a social context”, “History and philosophy of science”, “Human knowledge and culture”, “Philosophy and methodology of science”, “Philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture”, etc. President of the Russian philosophical society. Foreign member of national academies of Sciences of Belarus, Ukraine, full member of the International institute (academy) of philosophy (Paris), full member of the International academy of philosophy of science (Brussels), honourable doctor of the Karlsruhe University (Germany), honourable doctor of the Novgorod state university, Rostov state university, honourable professor of Institute of philosophy of Academy of social sciences of the People’s Republic of China (Beijing), honourable professor of the Belarusian state university (Minsk). The winner of the State award Russian Federation in the field of science and technologies. He is decorated by orders of Friendship of peoples, “For merits before the Fatherland” the IV degree. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.