European Journal of Philosophical Research

8-20

Authors: Sribas Goswami

The concept of regime of truth clearly refers to the well-known circularity Foucault establishes between power and knowledge: we should speak of a ‘regime’ of truth because truth is produced, sustained, valorized and regulated by a series of mechanisms, techniques and procedures that are ‘political’ if we understand this term the way Foucault does: politics has to do not only with institutions, but with the complex and constitutive field of power relations within which we ordinarily live, and at the same time truth itself reinforces and induces effects of power. A regime of truth is thus the strategic field within which truth is produced and becomes a tactical element in the functioning of a certain number of power relations. The idea that truth gives us no choice, that truth necessarily forces us to accept it and build up our conduct in accordance to it, is an extremely dangerous ethico-political trap that Foucault can help us to unmask and overcome. The present paper discusses the various dimensions of truth and power as narrated by Foucault.

44-53

Authors: Nizami M. Mamedov

Environmental knowledge was the basis for the development of the concept of sustainable development of society, claiming the status of a modern theory of historical process. To achieve sustainable development one has to change the culture purposefully. In this regard, under the culture one means not only the totality of material and spiritual values created by people, but also its contribution to the preservation and further development of society. The world community is confronted with the challenge to perform socialization of an individual, to develop education on the basis of cultural values introduced by the sustainable development.

65-72

Authors: Sergey A. Lebedev

The article is focused on the demonstration of interconnection of methodology of science and level structure of scientific science, the dependence of the scientific method on the scientific knowledge level.