The article consistently considers the ontological foundations of mythology, religions, philosophy, science, using which thinking has become more and more universal, ascending from its most simple forms to more and more complex ones. Among the ontological foundations, the following stand out: their reduction into clear systems, the ascent to the ultimate completeness and the reduction in the number of initial foundations of being. It is recorded that religions have significantly rethought the basic mythological concepts, the further “development” of religious texts is based on rationalism, which has been developed in philosophy. Two main directions are singled out — static and dynamic religions. The dynamics of philosophical thought is revealed through the prism of ontological discourse, the attractor of which was philosophical universalism. It is shown that in science the reliance on its ontological foundations is especially evident. In this sphere there has always been an association of separate scientific directions. It is concluded that in modern conditions, attempts to combine science, religion, philosophy into a single whole within the framework of the concepts of “Big Mind”, planetary shells, cultural, scientific and edu-cational networks are heuristic.
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Kozhevnikov N.N., Danilova V.S. Ontological structures of mythology, religion, philosophy, science as stages of universalization in developing the world knowledge, Ivanovo State University Bulletin, Series: Humanities, 2023, iss. 2, pp. 139—148.