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ISSN 2587-7534

3 papers in the library · publishing 2025-2026

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Post-Esotericism: Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Phenomenology of Contemporary Russian Web-Mysticism

Abyss 2026 M. G. Chertovskikh, V. A. Ananko

The aim of this study is to establish and analyze the qualitative characteristics of Russian-speaking mystical-esoteric online discourse in its metaphysical, epistemological, and phenomenological aspects. The research employs a methodological composite consisting of content analysis, discourse analysis, conceptual engineering, and imagological analysis. The research material comprises a corpus...

From Deficit Logic to the Affordance Paradigm: The Problem of Artificial Intelligence Consciousness

Abyss 2026 G. A. Illarionov, V. P. Lazovskiy

The article examines the methodological crisis in the philosophical conceptualization of artificial intelligence consciousness. It is argued that the dominant deficit approach, based on searching for human qualities absent in AI, has exhausted its heuristic potential. An alternative affordance paradigm is proposed, enabling a shift from binary logic to a gradational analysis of behavioral and...

Features of scientific and religious consciousness: is it possible to combine the incompatible?

Abyss 2025 G.V. Baranova

The article is devoted to the analysis of common features and specific features of scientific and religious consciousness. It is shown that religious consciousness is associated with the acceptance and direct experience of the connection between the ordinary and higher worlds, allowing in certain situations deviations from the scientifically based laws of nature. Scientific consciousness either...