Marynich I. Methodology of Model Buildingin the Research of Social Reality

The thesis offers the theoretical and methodological analisis of the conceptions of socialreality and elaborates the typology of the models (information and analytical technologies) for the complex interdisciplinary studies. The conceptual essence has been distinguished, methodological principles have been analyzed and theoretical coordinatesof sociological analysisof social realityhave been determined. Genesis of theories of intellect as well as the phenomenon of information metabolism of societal psyche have been investigated. System-methodological and cognitiv easpects of the model building and identified. The analysis of the models of national mentality and integralsocial intellect of the Ukrainian nation is made in the thesis.