p The third section of this book is concerned with the question of the moral responsibility of the scientist for the social consequences of the application of scientific discoveries and achievements, the significance of the moral qualities of figures in the world of science and of the atmosphere within this world itself for the fulfilment of its social and humanist function. The authors proceed from a recognition in this context of the socially conditioned nature of scientific activity. Doctors of Philosophical Science A. V. Gulyga and V. I. Tolstykh demonstrate the untenability of the myth of the absolute “freedom” of scientific creativity.

In conclusion Doctor of Philosophical Sciences E. V. Ilyenkov considers the historical and philosophical aspects of the problem of science and humanism.