«Срединная культура»: диалог бинарного и тринитарного мышления
“Median Culture”: The Dialogue of Binary and Trinitarian System of Thought

Summary/Abstract: This paper considers one of the possible methodological approaches to the analysis of “median culture” – the search for its structural invariant. The search is performed in the context of contemporary philosophical studies of culture development patterns in the aspect of interaction between binary and trinitarian system of thought. The increased interest in this aspect during the late 20th – early 21st century is explained by a number of facts: it is the response of culture to the fundamental changes that occurred in Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union, moreover, in broader meaning, the realization of the catastrophic consequences of the confrontation of nations and states during the age of globalization; it is the tendencies toward philosophical understanding of contemporary science, the desire to combine different conceptions of world view through “the unified theory of interaction” (Yu.S. Vladimirov). Certain ideas of the works considered by us become a starting point for our concept as well: 1. The binary system of thought (which is based on the opposition of paired elements) and trinitarian one (which conceives the interrelation of three quantities, one of which can play the role of an integrating factor) should not be strongly opposed to each other. The notion of productivity of the trinitarian system of thought does not imply the negation of binary systems in sci-tech, social, and cultural fields. It is necessary to consider different options for their interaction.

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