Abstract

Aims: The purpose of the research is to scientifically define and philosophically comprehend the components of the new information worldview and its positioning in the development strategy of the cultural and historical era. The article reveals the content and format of the information society and its prospects in civilizational progress. The aims of the study are to philosophically and methodologically structure the fundamental and innovative elements of the modern worldview paradigm. While the fundamental clusters of the information worldview are similar to the paradigmatic elements of previous eras, the innovative dimensions have new socio-cultural characteristics. Methodology: The work was based on the analysis of scientific studies of the modern information environment. Information and communication technologies become the main object of research not only from the point of view of scientific and technological but also from the point of view of humanities and science. A separate methodological approach in the study of the information worldview is the philosophical synergetic methodology, designed to use an interdisciplinary approach. Results:  The results of the analysis indicate the gradual establishment of the information component as a dominant element of the modern scientific and worldview picture of the world. The paradigm of the information society is distinguished. It is based on fundamental (unchanging) and flexible (changeable) elements. Among the key functions of the information worldview that have a philosophical dimension are: innovative, synergistic, and anthropocentric. The importance of the research results lies in the modelling of socio-cultural development in the context of positioning a person, community, or civilization in the information environment. Information activity determines the status and prospects in the modern technological world. Such guidelines actualise the epistemological, axiological, methodological, and ethical dimensions of the scientific and philosophical study of information technology systems. Information has the potential to be integrated into the scientific picture of the world as a dominant worldview element.   Scientific Novelty: A promising area of research into the worldview of the future is the strategy of correlation between the information and technological environment and the socio-cultural space. Information has the potential to become a common denominator for various human-dimensional and technology-oriented components of the socio-cultural space. Conclusion: The modern information worldview paradigm (like any other worldview model from previous eras) has its own philosophical and methodological guidelines that determine its functional potential. Culture, science, and philosophy become the main broadcasters of the information dimension. Information, in its turn, successfully communicates with the public consciousness and individual beliefs about cultural, scientific, and philosophical development. The information worldview performs a number of socio-cultural functions that regulate the interaction between man, society, nature, and technology.