CONTROLLED DANGER: THE FORMATION OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS OF HOMO AEROSPACE IN THE EXPERIENCE OF FLIGHT

Abstract

This article is devoted to the philosophical analysis of the phenomenon of controlled danger in aerospace activity and its influence on the formation of the self-consciousness of the human being engaged in flight. The relevance of the research is determined by the fact that the development of modern technologies has significantly expanded the boundaries of human activity, enabling human functioning in environments that do not correspond to the natural conditions of the human body. Aerospace space is one such environment and is characterized by an increased level of danger that cannot be completely eliminated but can only be technically and organizationally controlled. The aim of the study is to provide a philosophical interpretation of the phenomenon of controlled danger as a specific condition of aerospace activity and to analyze its role in the formation of a particular type of self-consciousness of a person acting within the space of flight. To achieve this aim, the following research objectives are formulated: to analyze the specificity of aerospace experience in the context of the development of technological civilization; to determine the features of controlled danger as a structural condition of flight; and to investigate its influence on bodily experience, reflection, and human self-consciousness. The theoretical framework of the research is based on philosophical concepts of technological civilization and responsibility, as well as on the phenomenological approach to the analysis of human experience. The scientific novelty of the study lies in considering controlled danger not only as a technical characteristic of aerospace activity but also as an important anthropological factor influencing the formation of a specific type of self-consciousness of the human engaged in flight. The research demonstrates that the constant presence of risk combined with the possibility of its control forms an increased level of attention, responsibility, and reflection, which determines the specific character of human experience in the aerospace environment. As a result, the study substantiates that controlled danger acts as an important factor in the formation of a new philosophical-anthropological concept – Homo Aerospace, for whom interaction with risk becomes an integral part of professional activity and existential experience.