Regional Module B, Kursk, Russia
Research theme “Spiritual practice: from mysticism to science”
Setting up a research group on “The Philosophy of Spiritual practice” at the Kursk State Medical University (6 participants):
1. Head of research group - Schavelev Sergei Pavlovich
Philosophy Doctor on ontology and epistemology (1994), Philosophy Doctor on Russian history (2002), professor, the Head of the Philosophy Department of Kursk State Medical University.
Citizenship, Date of Birth – Russia, 1953.
Education
Kursk State Pedagogical Institute, faculty of history 1970–1975.
Leningrad State University, Ontology and epistemology, 1975-1979.
Research interests:
Epistemology, History and Archeology, Science and religion
Last publications on a theme of the project:
1. The practical cognition (essay on philosophy and methodology). Voronez, 1994.
2. The method of practice: nature and structure. Kursk, 1996.
3. “The blue bird” of everyday life (essay on anthropology of everyday life consciousness). Kursk, 2002.
4. Analysis of everyday experience. M., 2004 (co-author – I.T. Kasavin).
Institution, with address
Kursk State Medical University, Russia, 305041, Kursk, 3, Karl Marx street, KSMU.
Telephone with the city code: Office, Home
(4712)500102
2. Bubnov Alexander Yurievich
Doctor of Philosophy, assistant of professor of Philosophy Department of Kursk State Medical University.
Citizenship, Date of Birth – Russia, 1977.
Education
Kursk state pedagogical university, department of history 1994–1999.
Title of Kandidatskaia dissertation:
"The basis of the religious experience in Russian philosophy "
Research interests:
Science and religion, epistemology, Russian religious philosophy
Last publications on a theme of the project:
1. Spiritual experience // Philosophy and the future of civilization. M., 2005. V. 2. P. 173-179.
2. The philosophical doctrines of religion experience // INCIPIO: : collection of the scientific works of the young researchers. The Issue 1.-Kursk.: 2003., P. 103-114.
Institution, with address
Kursk State Medical University, Russia, 3005041, Kursk, 3, Karl Marx street, KSMU.
Home address with index
Russia, Kursk, 14, Vatutina street, flat 72.
Telephone with the city code: Office, Home
(4712)500102
(4712)563846
3. Kuznetsov Dmitriy Petrovich
Doctor of Philosophy, assistant of professor of Philosophy Department of Kursk State Medical University.
Citizenship, Date of Birth – Russia, 1971.
Education
Kursk State Pedagogical Institute, faculty of history 1988–1993.
Title of Kandidatskaia dissertation:
“The problem of finalism in Russian religion philosophy”
Research interests:
Russian religious philosophy, science and religion, bioethics
Last publications on a theme of the project:
1. The social basis of bioethics // University science: glance in future. Kursk, 2006.-V. 2. P. 368-373.
2. The theme of “The end of history” in Russian religion philosophy // Philosophy and the future of civilization. M., 2005. V. 2. P. 427-430.
Institution, with address
Kursk State Medical University, Russia, 305041, Kursk, 3, Karl Marx street, KSMU.
Home address with index
Russia, 305029, Kursk, 65-A, Karl Marx street, flat 20.
Telephone with the city code: Office, Home
(4712)500102
(4712)560533
4. Livov Alexander Valerievich.
Post-graduate student of Kursk State Medical University (Department of Philosophy).
Citizenship, Date of Birth – Russia, 1979.
Education
Kursk State Pedagogical University, faculty of geography, biology and chemistry 1996–2001.
Title of Kandidatskaia dissertation:
"Phenomenon of the dream in philosophical anthropology".
Research interests:
Philosophical anthropology, science and religion, transpersonal psychology
Last publications on a theme of the project:
1. To the epistemology of dreams. The experience of European culture // Epistemology and philosophy of science. - M.: 2005.- V. IV. P. 104-113.;
2. Other reality of dreams: approaches to its understanding in science and culture // INCIPIO: collection of the scientific works of the young researchers. The Issue 1.-Kursk.: 2003., P. 8-17;
3. The Dream and liberty in Middle Ages // University science: glance in future. Kursk, 2006.-V. 2. P. 328-329.
Institution, with address
Kursk State Medical University, Russia, 305041, Kursk, 3, Karl Marx street, KSMU.
Home address with index
Russia, Kursk, 50 Radischeva street, flat 11.
Telephone with the city code: Office, Home
(4712)500102
(4712)22891
5. Pyanih Vera Sergeevna
Post-graduate student of Kursk State Medical University (Department of Philosophy).
Citizenship, Date of Birth – Russia, 1982.
Education
Kursk State Pedagogical University, faculty of history 1999–2004.
Title of Kandidatskaia dissertation:
“Phenomenon of the miracle in theory and history of rationality”/
Research interests:
Science and religion, history of science and culture
Last publications on a theme of the project:
1. Phenomenon of the miracle and rationality // INCIPIO: collection of the scientific works of the young researchers. The Issue 1.-Kursk.: 2003., P. 23-25.
2. Rationality and the standards of culture // University science: glance in future. Kursk, 2006.-V. 2. P. 126-128.
Institution, with address
Kursk State Medical University, Russia, 305041, Kursk, 3, Karl Marx street, KSMU.
Home address with index
Russia, Kursk, 4/5, 50th Celebration of October Revolution street, flat 7.
Telephone with the city code: Office, Home
(4712)500102
(4712)527533
6. Drozd Gennadiy Antonovich
Doctor of Pharmacy, Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany of Kursk State Medical University.
Citizenship, Date of Birth – Russia, 1941.
Education
Dnepropetrovsk State Medical Institute, faculty of pharmacy 1958–1963.
Zaporozskiy State Medical Institute, department of pharmacognosy (PH.D. in Pharmacy 1969).
Title of Kandidatskaia dissertation:
"Pharmaceutical research of some species of the genus Ranunculus"
Research interests:
Non-traditional pharmacology, folklore medicine, science and religion, bioethics
Last publications on a theme of the project:
1. The crisis of herb healing and ways of coming it over // The Second Ukrainian scientific conference on folklore medicine (Abstracts). Kiev, 1996. P. 79.
2. The problem of integration of folk medicine and scientific medicine // Man and his health. V. 1. Kursk, 1998. P. 260–262. (co-authors Ermakova A.E., Gorbacheva L.A., Kornievskiy U.N.
3. About herb healing medicine in Russia // Scientific and practical aspects of folk medicine. V. 1. М., 1995. P. 18–22.
Institution, with address
Kursk State Medical University, Russia, 3005041, Kursk, 3, Karl Marx street, KSMU.
Home address with index
Russia, Kursk, 12-v, Hutorskaya street, flat 107.
Telephone with the city code: Office, Home
(4712)565468
(4712)538930
MODULE RESEARCH AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY (2007-2009)
Theoretical seminar «Science & Spirituality»
(4 sessions per year)
The main themes for discussion:
1) Possibilities of logical analysis of spiritual practice.
2) Religion experience as a form of spiritual practice.
3) Russian philosophy: between revelation and logic.
4) Magic and mysticism in postindustrial society.
5) Phenomenon of “secular sacrality”.
6) Miracles and rationality.
7) The real of dreams: towards philosophical studies.
8) Bioethical approach to opposition of practice and theory.
Content-analysis of regional mass media (newspapers, tv-programs, advertising) (2007):
The purpose: researching of dissemination of parascience and mysticism in region.
Round table discussion: “Folk medicine versus scientific one: the ways to go hand by hand” (2007)
Interregional conference (2008): “Interdisciplinary studies of spiritual practices”.
Partners: Department of Philosophy of Kursk State University, Department of Humanities of Kursk Institute of business and management.
Regional partners – Orel State University, Voronezh State University
The main themes:
1) Parascience in XXI century.
2) Religion as a particular type of spiritual practice.
3) Philosophy and Spiritual practice/
Course of lectures on a theme of the project (2007-2008): “Spiritual practice as a base of integration of human activity” for students of faculty of psychology of Kursk State medical University.
Final volume of research results (2009): “Spiritual practice: between faith, knowledge and persuasion”. Analysis of the correlation between rationality and mysticism in individual and social life.
Participation in the Moscow seminar on science & spirituality and Moscow international conference (2008), as well as in the final volume of Moscow team.