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THE FORMATION OF THE NOOSPHERE CONCEPT: VOLODYMYR VERNADSKY AND PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN

V. B. Khanzhy, N. V. Lazor

Odesa National Medical University, Odesa, Ukraine

DOI https://doi.org/10.32782/2519-4151-2025-1-2

The relevance of the study is determined by the necessity for philosophical reflection on the imbalance of scientific achievements and the moral responsibility of man for the use of the obtained results.

The purpose of the article is the ethical and axiological reconceptualization of the noospherological teachings of V. Vernadsky and P. Teilhard de Chardin.

The theoretical and methodological foundations of the work are the historical method and conceptual modeling.

Research results. Vernadsky’s model, within which the biosphere is presented as a stage of geochemical development, and the noosphere – as a stage of the evolution of the sphere of life, as well as the concept of Teilhard de Chardin, which explores the sequence of the formation of the planet through the stages of pre-life, life, thought, and super-life, are revealed. Based on the positioning by both authors of the key role of humanity in the restructuring of the natural world, the reconstruction of these models of the noosphere through the concept of the moral and axiological dimension of noospheric existence is carried out.

Key words: Vernadsky, Teilhard de Chardin, evolution, biosphere, noosphere, “Omega Point”, ethical and axiological dimension.

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