Foundation and Paradoxes

Abstract

This issue deals with the problems of contemporary theoretical philosophy, mainly analytical. The title "Foundations and Paradoxes" refers to the dual task of any philosophical theorizing, which includes (a) the search for the ultimate foundations of being and cognition and (b) the opening up of paradoxes hidden in their depths. The issue contains investigations substantially associated with overcoming of some simplified metaphysical models and turning in the direction of action-based, dynamic, pragmatic approaches. We hope that articles by P. Valore, E. Borisov, S. Kuskova, E. Loginov, and K. Mikhailov will be of great interest for all who are concerned with issues of logic, ontology and philosophy of mind, whereas the translations of pioneering works by R. Kane and H. Frankfurt can give a reader a worthwhile introduction into the puzzles of free will and agent-based theory of action.