Spirova, E. M. ‘Homo Intelligens’

Abstract: Modern philosophical anthropology tends to combine paleoanthropological and socio-biological data with the latest information technology. The main purpose of the article is to analyze this tendency. Based on that, the author of the article interprets the nature of human society as the form of global community of people living in the synergetic society that exists for the purpose of mutual help without the need for the state government and armed forces. Unlike the modern homo sapiens, the new human is called homo intelligens. Great achievements of the information society raise lots of questions for the humankind. Will the longing for knowledge remain the undeniable impulse for creative activity? What will the survival instinct be like? To what degree will we be able to stay biological creatures? The methods of the research include comparison of the classical model of homo sapiens with the homo intelligens. The author also uses the hermeneutic approach in order to create a new appearance of philosophical anthropology. The results of the research show that information processes of the global world cannot be studied without applying the integrated theory of philosophical anthropology. When touching upon the ‘global human’ and the problem of self-identification in the society of ‘real virtuality, we cannot follow the logic of computer technologies or impersonal information environment.

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