DOI: 10.46726/H.2026.1.18
The article is devoted to the study of the history of the Earth's biosphere, clarifying the presence of similar situations in it and the causes of their occurrence in the aspect of the implementation of the noospheric vector of space development (unreasonably a priori remaining outside the focus of attention). This problem is extensive, extremely complex and multifaceted, but it is extremely important to identify it systematically and begin philosophical reflection as something holistic, at least in general terms, which is the main task of this article. Noospheric archaeology is possible already because any event or phenomenon in the past leaves an information trail, according to which, with the necessary technologies and methods of interpretation, a representative reconstruction model is quite acceptable. An ever-increasing mass of archaeological materials remains without an adequate logical interpretation due to the stereotypical nature of the dominant paradigm of interpretation of the historical process and the approaches used. It seems reasonable to attempt to interpret the discovered traces of natural and civilizational anomalies as evidence of previous attempts by modern humankind at noospheric development within the Earth. What is common in the mythological representations of different peoples and ancient civilizations, the remnants of deep scientific knowledge and technology, makes it possible to assume not only the existence of links between them, but also a single global civilization of a high technological level (perhaps even cosmic) in the deepest antiquity. Of course, all arguments for analyzing the history of intelligent life on Earth are hypothetical, but analyzing and interpreting them from the perspective of noospheric theory (and without strict reference to the species homo) are just as acceptable as hypotheses about purely natural causes of the causes of anomalies. Otherwise, all phenomena related to the environmental crisis within the framework of modern global civilization can just as well be explained by purely natural causes.
For citation: Bragin A.V. Traces of former noospheres in the Earth's history: the problem of reconstruction and interpretation, Ivanovo State University Bulletin, Series: Humanities, 2026, iss. 1, pp. 142—156.