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Abstract. The author substantiates the topicality of the creation of the new social-value conceptions of engineering activity, which aim is to elaborate existing philosophical theories that analyze technics and technical activity involving the subject of activity and the social reality of this activity into research. The object of the research is modern engineering activity in the Russian society; the scope of the research is the scientific principles of this process cognition; the purpose is the addition of engineering activity social-value conception to technics philosophy typologies. The author for the first time formulates the social-value conception of engineering activity, which allows taking into account an individual and society value systems in the course of activity analysis.

Key words and phrases: философия техники, инженерная деятельность, инженер, система ценностей, социально-ценностная концепция, technicsphilosophy, engineering activity, engineer, value system, social-value conception