Human and Cosmos

In the present research the Friedrich Dessauer’s monograph abstract “Human and Cosmos. The Essay” has been brought to the attention of the Russian-speaking readers for the first time ever. The above-mentioned academic paper as of 1948 is concerned with the space exploration: cosmos has been studied as the order within the physical, biological and spiritual worlds. Friedrich Dessauer is famous as a classical scholar of the philosophy of technology, the author of the “fourth kingdom” concept – the world of pre-established forms for technical problems. In the present work Dessauer is portrayed, in one respect, as a methodologist and a historian of science, demonstrating the principles and evolution of cognition in physics and biology on the system level. However, he has also been described as an anthropologist, interpreting a human being from the perspective of the experimental sciences as a means of physical, biological and spiritual worlds’ interconnection. Moreover, the scientist’s image has been presented in the form of an author of mental experiments, illustrating the science limits and possibilities. The published translation abstract comprises Chapter 3 “Human and Cosmos”, p. 67–126 of the editiones principes.