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The discontinuity of matter was originally postulated with an explicit purpose: to demonstrate the reality of movement. However, a deterministic and necessary movement eliminated the possibility of explaining freedom. Epicurus first, and Lucretius later, modified the doctrine of Democritus (founder of Greek atomism) in regard to a very important point, since they both admitted the spontaneous movement of swerving or clinamen of some atoms, as opposed to their stable fall, situating matter between reality and possi...

The article is aimed at the research of the modern human being in the conditions of rapidly developing high technologies. In present period the philosophy has to consider two very significant factors. The first factor is challenges of a modern technogenic civilization and rapidly developing technologies; the second - a non-equilibrium and unstable state of the contemporary world. The principal openness of the future requires a new methodological strategy. From the point of view of methodological approach, the sear...

The article focuses on the concept of distributed leadership (DL) in the context of growing uncertainty of organizational environment. The article discusses the study, carried out in 212 organizations - different due to the industry, the size, and form of ownership. The purpose of the study was to determine the relation between organization's environment uncertainty and the degree of leadership distribution. Research hypothesis regarding the relation between the DL and environmental uncertainty was formulated and ...