Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2017. № 6. Part 1. P. 15-17.
Andreev Artem Andreevich
National Research Tomsk State University
Abstract. In the article a philosophical analysis of the problem of cultural value of parascience is carried out. Ontological and existential meaning of parascientific myths is revealed. Heuristic value of parascientific teachings is identified. Interrelation between parascience and such form of art as folklore, and such genre as fantasy is considered. Relation of parascience to postmodernism is ascertained. The role of parascience in contemporary mass culture is analyzed. The author comes to the conclusion that parascience is capable of having a significant impact on development of culture and determining its main trends.
Key words and phrases: паранаука, культура, ценность, культурная ценность, массовое сознание, массовая культура, parascience, culture, value, cultural value, mass consciousness, mass culture
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