Brief Outline of Mаchinism

The article offers an analysis of the basic principles and history of the development of the philosophy of machinism. In the first paragraph, the socio-cultural and communicative-discursive conditions for the maximum expansion of the scope of the ‘machine’ concept are considered. The first task is related to the differentiation of the worldview position in relation to the specifics, development and problems of the relationship between a man and a machine with the philosophical trend of machinism. The semantic spectrum of the word ‘μηχανή’ and the functional of the conceptual metaphor machina mundi, as well as their role in the formation of machinism, are analyzed. The second paragraph is devoted to the principles of formation of modern mechanicism and modern machinism. The author analyzes the specifi cs of machinism, its connection, similarities and differences with the philosophy of mechanicism. It is shown that the conceptual metaphor of machina mundi can represent opposite ontological constructions depending on the image of the machine. It is shown that this image depends not so much on the characteristics of exemplary technical devices as on the expectations of philosophy regarding human activity. The author considers the influence of psychoanalytic discourse and schizoanalysis on the formation of a new image of the machine; the contribution of Z. Freud, J. Lacan, F. Guattari and J. Deleuze. It is shown that machinism can be an integral characteristic even of those concepts that oppose each other in their basic ideas. The thesis that machinism is primarily an ontological construct is substantiated. Machinism offers such conditions for the clarity of experience, which, on the one hand, radically break with the Modern philosophy, but, on the other, act as a variant of an ancient ontological construct – the myth of a “sick reality”. In the third paragraph, a brief analysis of the futurological positions of machinism is given. It is shown that as a projection of the future, the role of machinism is associated with various options for human surrender. The positions of L. Bryant, N. Land and others are briefl y analyzed.