SIMULATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CIVILIZATIONAL PARADIGM OF HYPERREALITY

Abstract

This article is devoted to the analysis of simulation as a key mechanism for transforming cognitive processes within the framework of the modern civilizational paradigm determined by the phenomenon of hyperreality. The author examines the epistemological consequences of the transition from reality to simulacrum, in which stable reference points of truth disappear, and knowledge itself becomes a function of digital representations and the media environment. Based on the concepts of J. Baudrillard, M. Foucault and P. Virilio, the article identifies key characteristics of a civilizational shift in contemporary Central Asia, in which hyperreality begins not only to distort reality, but also to replace it.