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Abstract

The article outlines the foundations and key ideas of new research projects and educational programs of Lomonosov Moscow State University, implemented in the form of Interdisciplinary scientific and educational schools. The Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow University participates in two schools: “Preservation of the World Cultural and Historical Heritage” and “Brain, Cognitive Systems and Artificial Intelligence”, which include several research areas and corresponding master’s programs that respond to present challenges and form new students’ competencies (“Digital Practices and Digital Culture”, “Sociocultural Origins of the Present and Forecasting the Future”, “Experimental Philosophy of Neurocog­nitive Sciences”). The article examines the context of the emergence of modern theoretical and practical problems, which require the participation of specialists in the field of philosophical sciences – in particular, the growing role of digital technologies in education and culture, the uncertainty of future scenarios and the importance of forecasting, development of the experimental project in the field of philosophy of neurocognitive sciences. In addition, the article reveals some aspects of applied ethics – due to the fact that it is planned to open the Bioethics program on the basis of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, for the development of a complex interdisciplinary human study, social and hu­manitarian expertise of scientific projects and technological solutions.