The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club was held from September 28 to October 1, 2026 under the theme ‘Responsibility for the Future: Limits of the Possible, or Limitless Possibilities?’ The forum brought together 120 experts from 40 countries, including representatives of China, the United States, India, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, Egypt, Iran, and Japan.
The HSE International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis studies a wide range of methods for analysing decision-making and possible scenarios for the development of natural, socio-economic, and political phenomena using various mathematical models. The application of advanced mathematical methods to forecasting helps to prevent negative outcomes and avoid erroneous decisions. The HSE News Service spoke to the centre’s director, Prof. Fuad Aleskerov, about its work.
The International N5 Symposium ‘Neural Networks and Nonlinearity in Nizhny Novgorod’ was held at the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists from September 23 to 26. The event was organised by HSE University–Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod House of Scientists, with the participation of Sberbank and the Institute of Physics Belgrade. The symposium was held for the second time: the first conference took place in 2025 and attracted considerable interest from the academic community.
Paramonov A. A., Vox. Философский журнал 2019 № 27 С. 116–126
The article deals with the concept of «cognitive topos», the idea of which was once proposed by M. K. Mamardashvili and developed by him in many of his works. Based on this idea, the author analyses the principles of the formulation of the first law of nature in Descartes. As an analytical tool of the analysis, ...
Paramonov A. A., В кн.: Анатомия философии: как работает текст.: Языки славянских культур, 2016. С. 835–869.
Тема топологии события прослежена на материале лекций Мамардашвили по Прусту. Предложена модель возможного развития топологических представлений в работах Мамардашвили. ...
Paramonov A. A., Философский журнал 2016 Т. 9 № 4 С. 63–79
This article investigates the problem of the status spacial images and drawings may have in a philosophical text. The source of the present study are the recently published preparatory notes for the lectures on Proust held by Merab Mamardashvili in 1981-82. Mamardashvili papers abound in schematic sketches which graphically convey spatial images. In his interpretation, ...