REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE «LIMITS OF SCIENCE 2014: BETWEEN MYTH AND SCIENCE» (April 24–25, 2014, Wroclaw, Poland)

The review deals with the Conference Limits of Science 2014: Between Myth and Science held at the University of Wrocław (Poland). The Conference was dedicated to the 140th anniversary of E. Cassirer, which is why reports presented there by the researchers from Austria, Germany, Poland, Russia and France were devoted to the symbolic universe of the thinker and its interpretations in contemporary philosophy. The author summarizes the main content of the reports and problems raised during the discussions. They can be divided into three groups. The first one deals with the problem of completeness of Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms and hints at subjects it implies, such as ethics, politics, or technology. The second one is related to the duality of methodological reception of Cassirer's ideas in modern versions of philosophy of language, philosophy of art and philosophy of science. The third one reflects the interest for Cassirer's heritage in the framework of spatial turn. All conference participants noted exceptional productivity of the philosophy of symbolic forms and expressed their desire to continue a fruitful dialogue.