04/07/2022
in a broad sense - everything that exists, the whole world in the variety of its forms; the concept of P. in this sense is on a par with the concepts of matter, the universum, the universe. 2) In a narrower sense - the object of science, or rather, the total object of natural science ("sciences of natural sciences"). P. as a whole acts as a general concept of an object that sets the basic scheme for understanding and explaining one or another specific subject of study (for example, ideas about space and time, movement, causality, etc.). Such a general concept of P. is developed within the framework of the philosophy and methodology of science, which reveal its main. characteristics, while relying on the results of nature. Sciences. As the ultimate abstraction, osn. whose characteristics are universality, lawfulness and self-sufficiency, the concept of P. is put forward to the first roles in the socio-cultural plan in the era
