Discussions related to the detection of objective reality, the truth and lie are still a heated topic in the domain of philosophical epistemology. While certain philosophical contexts and theories suggest that the notion "reality as an independent category" should not be engaged, instead, interpretations, including reciprocal, should be used, others hold it that philosophical discussion cannot continue without reference to the said notion. Different philosophers and scolars approach this problem from different angles. When discussing these topics, philosophers often resort to (...) certain thought experiments, engaging an important concept, which can broadly be identified as "the global observer." This concept has something in common with such concepts as the God's Eye, Omniscient Interpreter, Ultimate Observer (quantum physics), Agent of Logical omniscience (game theories), Ideal Observer (ethics and meta-ethics), God (analytic theology). Despite the abundance of works on the topic and scrupulosity of arguments, there still remain many uncertainties in such discussions, mostly related to a great number of logical paradoxes, associated with the problem. Therefore, in view of the current situation, the focus of the research paper is on the deliberation of consistency of the notion "global observer" from the standpoint of logic and philosophy. The results of the analysis of the issue at stake are expected to clarify the notion and to enrich current discussions on the topic. I examine certain difficulties in the philosophical assumptions concerning one of the philosophical concepts, which could be collectively named as the "global observer." The article below explores the notion of the global observer as the guarantor of the determinability and configuration of events in the world. There is explained the meaning of this concept and attempt to show that, despite variations in the wording, it is used in many philosophical contexts related to epistemology. The core issue of the present research paper is the analysis of the consistency of the notion "global observer" from the standpoint of logic and philosophy. The paper discusses why application of this notion in some contexts poses challenges and appears to be paradoxical. (shrink)

В современных исследованиях по философии сознания, ориентированных на отождествление или максимальное сближение человеческого и машинного интеллекта, выделяются две главные трудности: проблема машинной эмуляции значения и проблема машинной эмуляции смысла. В настоящем исследовании анализ этих проблем ведется с точки зрения положений структурной и постструктурной лингвистики, практически не задействованных философией сознания. Посредством обращения к базовым определениям знака, значения и смысла, принятым в структурализме и постструктурализме, раскрывается принципиальное различие между возможностями машинной и собственно психической обработки знака. Широко обсуждаемое в современной философии сознания различие (...) между синтаксическими и семантическими возможностями интеллекта получает в данном исследовании новое, возможно, наиболее наглядное подтверждение. (shrink)