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PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE AND MAN 25 The specialists in philosophy, methodology and logic of science together with the progressive public should contribute to the assertion of a new style of philosophical and scientific thinking aimed at establishing the loftiest humane ideals and values and, consequently, at excluding war from the life of society and at developing fruitful international contacts The struggle of ideas in philosophy and science will obviously continue in the future By the way, in accordance with dialectics, such a struggle is an engine of progress However, the struggle of ideas and their material and practical implementation should not end in military confrontations Socialism suggests that this method of resolving contradictions should be replaced by the strength of example, the attainment of success in the peaceful competition for scientific, technical and social progress I would like to recall that the profound reconstruction of all spheres of public life on democratic principles and wide openness now under way in the Soviet Union and guided by peace and humanism, make focal the human interests and the individual’s all-round development The develop ment of Soviet science is recognised as the most important factor in this revolutionary reconstruction of a great historic dimension In conclusion I would like to emphasise that the integrity and humanism of scientific knowledge necessitate, naturally, an active international scientific cooperation We favour this wide and fruitful scientific cooperation Historical experience shows that international scientific cooperation, an active exchange of ideas and discoveries, is an important source of progress of the entire humankind and of each nation