Though having got an impulse to its development in domestic philosophical and theological culture of the Middle Ages the apophatical cognition as «De docta ignorantia» nevertheless correlates with the principle of symbolical realism which is the object of systematic thinking at the stage of the developed philosophical systems in the late 19th century and is treated as "threading reality by Incomprehensible” (S.L. Frank) and as a teaching about the phenomena of apophatical nature (A.F. Losev). The only way to metaphysical speculation was not a mere negation in its ordinary, logical sense, but special ultralogical overcoming of the very form of category-based cognition.

It is undoubtful that quality is inseparable from object's being, however qualitative identifications or distinctions of objects or their aspects are not enough and a need arises for quantity comprehension. Whatever definition of quantity we use, its essence can't be expressed without resorting to the mathematical concepts of «number» or «value» as quantity is something that can be expressed either by a number or measured. The article shows that these concepts are ontological certainties which make the content of the category "quantity”.

The article deals with the examination of P. Ricoeur's aporia of temporality proposed in his book "Time and Narrative”. The main subject of analysis is the concept of cosmological time and its significance for the study of the problem of "present” and its ontological status. Some anti-Aristotelian approaches, whose main feature is non- reducible character of extension, to the problem of cosmological time are revealed and their contribution to solving the problem of the "present” inclusion into the characteristics of cosmological time is shown.

Based on the principles of philosophical analysis, the article attempts at researching the role of objective and subjective factors in history and their dialectics. The erroneousness of approaches connected with both reevaluation and underestimation of these factors in the process of historical cognition is shown. The tasks involving the categories "objective” and "subjective” are identified to be solved by using the techniques of philosophical analysis.

In the late 20th century economic development of western countries resulted in a tendency to increase the role of entertainment in mass media. Most representative for this TV, radio and press trend became a phenomenon called "infotainment”. The aim of this article is to represent it through the lenses of philosophical tradition of the second half of the 20th century, according to which modern mass media were taken as an instrument for identity annihilation and establishing media hyperreality.

The article discusses the problem of human in V.V. Nalimov's philosophical discourse. The structure of consciousness proposed by V.V. Nalimov is analyzed. Attention is paid to the fact that human mind possesses such properties as continuity and discontinuity simultaneously. Deep relationship of human consciousness, personality and sense is revealed. The article focuses on heuristic capabilities of the Bayesian formula and attempts at answering the question what human personality is associated with in V.V. Nalimov's concept. In conclusion the author considers the role of spontaneity in the process of personality's disclosing to General Universe.

The article deals with the comparability of a totalitarian artistic and e-discourse as a prerequisite for the development of common methodology for epistemological and linguistic research of poly-code units, containing both verbal and non-verbal elements. The effect of context is stated on the constitutive and functional properties of the poly-code units in cognitive and naming processes. Special attention is paid to the problem of individuality and collectivity in naming processes and a brief typology of some common discursive practices is developed.