Authors : Lytkin Vladimir Vladimirovich
Abstract: This study explores the views of the founder of modern theoretical astronautics and missile building, K.E. Tsiolkovsky, on the problem of human evolution and the possible role of extraterrestrial civilizations in it scientist finds that inevitable transition of human evolution to cosmic evolution. Representatives of Russian cosmism consider the anthropological evolution of mankind as their ascent on the way to the moral, spiritual, intellectual and physical perfection. Addresses the aspect of adequacy of this views of K.E. Tsiolkovsky for the views of contemporary scientists and philosophers. There is the conclusion of the progressive nature of the "Cosmic philosophy" of K.E. Tsiolkovsky and its predictive focus.
Lytkin Vladimir Vladimirovich , 2016. Homo Sapience or Homo Cosmicus?. The Social Sciences, 11: 6891-6895.