Technosphere Thinking in the Transformations of Earth Sciences

Abstract

The paper focuses on identifying factors of influence of technosphere consciousness on the state of Earth sciences. The comparative analysis of current philosophical and scientific advances showed changes in a status of technosphere consciousness in culture. The authors formulated a hypothesis on a fusion of scientific rationality of Earth sciences with an axiological area of culture. A special methodology was developed to trace and demonstrate a determination influence of technosphere consciousness on the logic of development of Earth sciences and the state of communication processes in society. The authors described consequences of risks occurred as a result of strengthening the independence of technosphere consciousness and modeled opportunities of their minimization. It was proved that in the information communication society technosphere consciousness could form a new paradigm foundation for Earth sciences. The authors described a special character of the correlation between the state of technosphere consciousness, a level of development of technosphere and the status of Earth sciences. They determined key areas for negative consequences of blurring semantics of technosphere consciousness.

Technospheric Mining of Mine Wastes: A Review of Applications and Challenges

“…It was indicated above that the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management excludes the potential usage of tailings as technospheric stocks. As the awareness of the technosphere in science and society continues to grow considerably, the emergence of a soft law system closely following the legitimate legislative discussions and regulations will be needed to avoid uncertainty [128]. As stated in the literature [46], the proper establishment of regulations is necessary to achieve the circular economy, especially because complex regulations can create a bottleneck in to processes and the wide application of the concept in various sectors of society.…”