Information On Social Sciences Research Articles

Philosophy of Mind and Awareness of Philosophy in the Interior of the Soviet Age

The article examines a topical issue in the history of Soviet philosophy -the philosophy of mind in the 1950s-1970s. The problems of the philosophy of mind are presented from the point of view of the ideas of freedom and non-freedom, discussions around the problem of the ideal, the specifics of individual and social consciousness, the opposition of philosophical and scientific discourses. An important part of the study is the reconstruction of some of the interpersonal collisions of that time. The article contains an interview with the chief research fellow of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences D.I. Dubrovsky (who started his philosophical career in the 1950s), revealing the personal and theoretical aspects of his life and work. Using biographical method, the author demonstrates that, behind the heterogeneity of views and ideas of Soviet philosophers, there is a single intellectual and life-value orientation of the generation of the 1960s. In historical retrospective, the author shows the features of Soviet philosophy and the way of life of the Soviet philosopher in that period. The article describes the processes of institutionalization of philosophical consciousness in the 1960s, shows the advanced nature of such institutions as the Institute of Philosophy and the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, in which worked philosophers who not only had an original vision of the problems of philosophy but also were mediators between national and world thought. In Soviet philosophy of the 1950s-1970s, there were many bright, capable individuals, for whom the truth and the strive for it were more important than political correctness and general indifference. The author reveals the advanced nature of the Soviet philosophy of mind in the 1950s-1970s, in spite of the established stereotypes and uncritical mixing of different stages in the history of Soviet philosophy into one whole. The article is aimed at overcoming ideological and mythological stereotypes around the “Soviet” phenomenon in general and the Soviet philosophy of mind in particular..

Information and Analytical Support of Archaeological Research on the Basis of Digital Technologies

Abstract—This paper considers the problem and thematic structure of the database on archaeology created at Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The specifics of analytical and synthetic processing of documents and queries on the basis of a complex of linguistic means of the Automated Information System on Social Sciences (AISON) are revealed. The features of interdisciplinary search of archaeological information in related branch databases are analyzed. The results of introducing digital technologies for collection, processing and distribution of archaeological data are described.

Normative and Technological Problems of Bibliographic Control over Information Resources on Social Sciences and Humanities

This paper describes the goals, tasks, and main areas of bibliographic control over documents that enter the databases of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION). It analyzes the features of how bibliographic records of publications on social sciences and humanities (scientific, abstract-analytical, information, scientific-methodical, reference and bibliographic records) are formed. The functions of the software technological complex for automated analysis of the names of persons who are responsible for various types of publications are disclosed. The paper considers the potential of modern software and technological tools for bibliographic analysis and control of bibliographic records, references and citations, including bibliographic managers, scientific work organizers, knowledge managers, and personal information managers.

Science studies in Russia and the role of information resources of INION RAS in the effective support of scientific research

This paper describes the features of the problem-thematic structure of the Science Studies Database, which was created at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A complex of linguistic tools for science studies, which was developed for analytical and synthetic processing of documents and queries, is described. The features of the formation of information search strategies are considered.

Издательские проекты Светланы Яковлевны Левит

From the inexhaustible flow of books, we have selected a few publications, which, in our opinion, are of undeniable value. First of all our attention attracted publishing projects of Svetlana Yakovlevna Levit. In this case, we selected the books devoted to history. From the legacy of Aron Yakovlevich Gurevich articles from two collections was taken: “History is a Never-ending Dispute” and “Medieval and Scandinavian Studies”. Works of famous medievalist A.J. Gurevich are published not for the first time. The author analyzes the book by A.M. Shishkov on the history of the intellectual culture of the middle Ages “On the Shoulders of Giants. Essays on the Intellectual Culture of the Western middle Ages (XIII–XIV centuries)”.Readers undoubtedly know that the Institute for scientific information on social Sciences (INION) is now working in difficult conditions. After a fire, it has become difficult to organize a systematic and purposeful activity in the building of the Institute. More surprising that the publishing program of S.Y. Levit continues, and its mastermind successfully implements a variety of plans to release a rarest literature.

The challenges of information retrieval in social sciences and humanities and ways to overcome information barriers

This paper explores the major challenges of access to information that face the consumers of various databases of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The key features of different types of information barriers are investigated. The possibilities and means to overcome these barriers are explored in the current context.

A bibliographic database on sociology: Principles and instruments of formation, structure, and search properties

This paper describes the goals and tasks of creating a bibliographic database on sociology at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Its problem and thematic structure, along with the specific and language composition of documents are determined. The basic principles of the analytic synthetic processing of documents and queries based on a set of linguistic tools on sociology are considered. The interdisciplinary access to information resources (domestic and foreign) is found to be necessary to improve the quality of scientific and information support to users of sociological information.

A linguistic navigator for the social sciences and humanities: Purpose, structure, and application principles

The goals, functions, and main stages of the creation of a system of navigation in linguistic tools that are used during the content processing of documents and queries in the Automated Information System on Social Sciences are considered. The structure of the linguistic navigator that was developed at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) is described. The features of the search for descriptors and synonyms, the codes and rubric names of the classification system (Rubricator), and facet elements and subject rubrics are shown.

The formation of the multidimensional information space on ethnology and historical anthropology

This paper considers the properties of using the multidimensional approach in the information support of scientific research on ethnology and historical anthropology based on the information resources of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION). The principles of the content processing of documents and queries based on a complex of linguistic tools of the Automated Information System on Social Sciences (AISON) are considered. The problems of increasing the professional competence and level of information culture of consumers who search for ethnological information by queries of different complexities are discussed.

Information support of Ukrainian studies based on the information resources of the institute of scientific information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The topical structure of the information array on socio-economic, political and humanitarian problems of Ukrainian development, reflected in the databases on social sciences and humanities of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences is described. The specificities of country-oriented database which would provide information on Ukrainian studies, are discussed. The most important aspects of investigation aimed at information support of Russian-Ukrainian cooperation in various spheres are analyzed.

Information on studies on religions in databases of the INION RAS on social sciences and humanities: Principles of processing and the choice of a search strategy

This paper describes the problem thematic structure of databases on studies of studies on religion that is formed at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The principles of the informal processing of documents and queries based on a complex of linguistic tools of the system are uncovered. The problems of information searching using queries of different complexity are discussed.

Philosophical information in the INION databases on social sciences and humanities

This paper analyzes aims and objectives that are related to the development of a bibliographic database on philosophy. This database has been developed by the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences for more than 30 years. The topical structure of the branch database for philosophy is described. The principles that underpin the content processing of documents and queries based on a set of linguistic tools are presented. It is noted that it is necessary to provide access to external (domestic and foreign) electronic resources in order to improve the quality of research and information support that is provided to the consumers of information in the field of philosophy.

Information resources for social sciences and humanities: Support for research on innovative development in Russia

The information requirements for the scientific literature on innovation are analyzed. The results of a content study on innovation-related information in the databases on social sciences and humanities of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the Russian Academy of Sciences are presented. The problems of information searching for innovation-related issues based on the use of a set of linguistic tools are described.

The information support of the research in sinology based on electronic resources of the INION RAS

This paper considers the basic categories of consumers of information on sinology. It describes the results of analyzing the problem and thematic structure of the document flow on the problems of China, which is contained in databases on social sciences and humanities of the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the RAS. The principles for complex processing of documents and searching for information on sinology are uncovered based on a complex of linguistic instruments. The potential for creating a database on country studies database that is focused on the information needs of sinologists is determined.

Forming the bibliographic database for political science: Information-technological and linguistic aspects

This paper describes the topical-thematic structure of the “Political Science” Database created at the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) of the RAS. The principles of conceptual processing of political science documents are considered. The properties are uncovered of how the complex of linguistic instruments (branch information-retrieval thesaurus, rubricator of political science, and subject headings) is developed and applied to indexing and classification of documents and queries.

Information support of economic research based on electronic information resources

The problems of increasing the efficiency of information support of scientific research in economics are considered. The informational structure and content of the Economics and Demography database functioning at the RAS Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences (INION) are described. The necessity of providing information completeness of retrieval by accessing external electronic resources (domestic and foreign ones) is noted.