UDC 14 + 37.01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30839/2072-7941.2018.149670

PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
IDEA SMART SOCIETY

© VISHNEVSKY, M. I.
Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University (Mogilev, The Republic Of Belarus)
E-mail: philos-mogilev-msu@mail.ru, ORCID 0000-0001-6603-0534

The article presents the conceptualization of philosophical education, in the context of
which the evolution of the development of society from informational to smart society takes
place. The purpose of the article is to reveal the conceptualization of philosophical
education in the context of the idea of a smart society and to show that philosophical
education does not stand still but develops along with the development of science and
technology, which requires the development of a conceptual and categorical apparatus.
Research objectives: to show the development of philosophical knowledge, in the context of
which new innovative ideas are ripening; to reveal that the concept of a smart society is based
on the expectation or belief in the ability of modern smart technologies to positively influence
social processes and lead to a new qualitative state of all social life, which is called a smart
society; to prove that much in solving all these problems depends on the state of education,
including philosophical and ideological, not only developing our cognitive abilities, but also
forming a responsible and demanding attitude to goal setting, the choice of basic life values.
Analysis of recent research and publications, which presents a solution to this problem.
We rely on the works of I.Ardashkin, V.Voronkova, M.Kastels, O.Kivlyuk, K.Korsak,
A.Lazarevich, R.Oleksenko, O.Punchenko, which in one way or another reflected the problem
of the formation of a smart society. The research methodology is the dialectical, historical,
systemic, informational methods, which allowed to penetrate deeply into the evolution of
philosophical knowledge that is not in mass, but develops with the development of science,
technique and technology. The result of research - based smart society the development of
information and computer technologies that lead to breakthrough technologies and innovative
development It is noted that the proposed reorganization of the system of social-humanitarian
education in the universities of the Republic of Belarus intended to raise to the level of
philosophical training of domestic specialists.
Keywords: philosophy, socio-cultural situation, philosophical doctrine, the "spirit of
freedom", the reorganization of the philosophical and educational knowledge, Belarus, smart
society, smart technology