The collection includes the texts of reports of philosophers, anthropologists and theologians on a wide range of anthropological issues, which were presented at the international conference "Science and Human Nature: Russian and Western Perspectives" (Baylor University, Waco (Waco), pc. Texas, USA). The reports demonstrate the diversity of approaches to the human problem on the part of experimental science, analytical philosophy and historical, philosophical and theological studies. Reproduced in the original author's spelling of the 2009 edition.