PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY
This article shows that the environmental issue serving in the form of a search for optimal alternatives in the relationship between society and the natural environment in the conditions of scientific-technical progress at the present stage is highly relevant. It is noted that the issue of the relationship between man and nature has always been a subject of in-depth philosophical analysis. It was somehow dealt with by some biggest thinkers of the past who tried to define the place and role of man in the Universe. In this regard, the article concludes that the philosophical outlook for present environmental situation itself can be very favourable for a proper approach to most environmental problems as well as more profound and more comprehensive understanding and developing optimal strategies for dealing with it.