On the question of the philosophical foundations of the geoecotones theory: synergetics, anthropocentrism, geosystem paradigm

Abstract

In this article, the problem of the philosophical foundations of the geographic theory of geoecotone is considered. As such, the authors propose the traditions of neopla- tonic philosophy, based on the ontological teaching of Empedocles, the modern philosoph- ical teachings of the actor-network theory of B. Latour and object-oriented ontology. The noospheric power of a person is realized in globalization processes through the expansion of various social and economic institutions, primarily the global ones, which cause corresponding changes in the activities of institutions at lower system levels, and those, accord- ingly, already have a direct impact on their environment. The borderline character of the geoecotone is historically enhanced as the anthropogenic impact on the geographic shell as a whole and its individual elements intensifies. Geoecotones are formed as a special type of geosystems, which are complex systems characterized by a contradictory unity of internal heterogeneity and functional connectivity. The action of the anthropogenic factor is so broad that almost any fragment of modern geospace can be classified to geoecotones in the state of bifurcation and uncertainty. The direct result of the development of mankind was the formation of multilevel ecological and economic systems. It has been determined that the spatial formation of such systems is directly related to the geoecotonization of the geographic shell. The authors analyze the approaches to the philosophical substantiation of the study of the culture and socioge- netic functions of the geoecotone. The formation of geoecotones is an objective process leading to the transformation of geographical knowledge itself. The logical-dialectical comparison of the processes of geoecotonization leads to the idea of their isomorphism with the processes of the development of geographical science, characterized by the universalization and complication of the category-conceptual apparatus.