SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY AS AN ADVANCE TO THE "SIGNIFICANT OTHER"
Igor Vasilievich Anokhov
JSC Railway Research Institute, 10, 3d Mytischinskaya st., Moscow, 129626, Russia
Keywords: science, scientometry, motivation, motive, person, significant other, the pleasant, the useful, the noble, the holy, ecumenical, anecumene
Abstract
The article is aimed at studying the causes of scientific activity, the value of which is first realized individually and only then recognized by small groups of people, owners of capital, politicians and society as a whole. The pursuit of scientific research may be considered as a way of individual interaction with the “Significant Other”, which begins at a person’s birth and continues throughout his life. As his awareness grows, he discovers new facets of the “Significant Other”, perceiving it first as the pleasant (in the process of physiological consumption), then as the useful (as a source of material and immaterial benefits), the noble (identifying the “Significant Other” with his small group) and, finally, as the holy (as a source of civilizational benefits). Rising to each new stage of interaction with the “Significant Other”, a person is guided by fundamentally different motives, values and meanings, as well as by a deeper understanding of cause-and-effect relationships.
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