2408-932XResearch Result. Social Studies and Humanities2408-932X10.18413/2408-932X-2025-11-4-0-73999RESEARCHES<strong>Man as a Whole: N. N. Strakhov&#39;s Anti-Reductionism </strong><strong>in the Age of Transhumanism</strong><strong>Man as a Whole: N. N. Strakhov&#39;s Anti-Reductionism </strong><strong>in the Age of Transhumanism</strong>IvashinaElena V.IvashinaElena V.ivashina_e@bsuedu.ruBelgorod State National Research University202511400

The article focuses on the actualization of N.N. Strakhov&#39;s philosophical and anthropological concept in the context of contemporary transhumanism and scientific reductionism. The scientific novelty of the research lies in demonstrating the systemic applicability of Strakhov&#39;s anti-reductionist argumentation for criticizing modern projects of technological overcoming of human nature. The actualization is based on the structural similarity between the mechanistic materialism of the 19th century and contemporary technological reductionism. The metaphysical foundations of Strakhov&#39;s teaching come into systemic conflict with the anthropological model of transhumanism on three levels: the principle of human hierarchical integrity contradicts the idea of modular &quot;upgrade&quot;; the teleological understanding of life is opposed to the project of abolishing death; the concept of man as a &quot;node of being&quot; protects human dignity from dissolution in cybernetic systems. Thus, Strakhov&#39;s legacy is revealed as a productive resource for constructing a philosophical alternative to techno-utopian projects, defending the irreducible integrity and finitude of human existence.

The article focuses on the actualization of N.N. Strakhov&#39;s philosophical and anthropological concept in the context of contemporary transhumanism and scientific reductionism. The scientific novelty of the research lies in demonstrating the systemic applicability of Strakhov&#39;s anti-reductionist argumentation for criticizing modern projects of technological overcoming of human nature. The actualization is based on the structural similarity between the mechanistic materialism of the 19th century and contemporary technological reductionism. The metaphysical foundations of Strakhov&#39;s teaching come into systemic conflict with the anthropological model of transhumanism on three levels: the principle of human hierarchical integrity contradicts the idea of modular &quot;upgrade&quot;; the teleological understanding of life is opposed to the project of abolishing death; the concept of man as a &quot;node of being&quot; protects human dignity from dissolution in cybernetic systems. Thus, Strakhov&#39;s legacy is revealed as a productive resource for constructing a philosophical alternative to techno-utopian projects, defending the irreducible integrity and finitude of human existence.

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