Essential aspects and environmental potential of socio-ecological and philosophical concepts
The aggravation of the global ecological situation requires the intensification of scientific and philosophical search in identifying the causes and developing a methodology for solving environmental problems. The aim of the study is to identify the essential features and ecological potential of socio-ecological and philosophical concepts, such as environmental sociology, ecological ethics, deep ecology and philosophy of the noosphere. Characterizing the epistemological, methodological and axiological aspects of the listed concepts, the author comes to the conclusion about the existing complementarity of scientific and philosophical discourses in understanding and solving environmental problems. The expediency of a complex reflection of environmental problems by science and philosophy as forms of cognition aimed at the production of knowledge and values is emphasized. The need to combine scientific and philosophical research in the development and implementation of a strategy for sustainable development of civilization is substantiated.