Online Courses in Philosophy: Tactical Victory and Strategic Retreat

Abstract

The summary is devoted to the meetings of the Presidium of the Russian Federal Educational and Methodological Association (cluster “Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies”) held in September 2018 in Astrakhan and in February 2019 in Moscow. The authors review main educational and methodological issues discussed at the meetings. The summary covers the issues of online courses in philosophy. It also touches upon key issues of religious studies, the specifics of its teaching in Russia and foreign countries, current problems facing religious studies in Russia. The article contains a review of the current state of logic education in Russia, its current problems and possible ways to solve them. Also it outlines issues related to the implementation of the Russian national project “Science” (2018–2024) as well as philosophy education at Astrakhan State University and the issues of realization of new educational standards.