Abstract

The article discusses the features and specifics of humanitarian knowledge. Natural-scientific and humanitarian complement each other. Both are important for understanding the world and man. Natural scientific knowledge is knowledge about the object, about the being, about what is and exists. Humanitarian knowledge is knowledge about a person, a subject, it is knowledge about what should be and about what will be. Natural scientific knowledge is limited to an explanation of what is happening. Humanitarian knowledge gives us an understanding of what is, what will be. Humanitarian knowledge is designed to warn society about the difficulties that await it, to develop alternative solutions to modern problems. Their meaning and purpose is to provide reliable social forecasting.