The article analyzes the problem of updating various ontological levels of reality within the framework of a polyontological philosophical paradigm. Special attention is given to the cognitive mechanisms of transition between levels of being and the role of virtual reality in this process. Reality is presented as a system of interconnected cognitive and ontological volumes, where the transition between levels occurs not automatically, but through specific synchronization mechanisms. This implies a corresponding change in the cognition of the subject of knowledge. Modern philosophy and cognitive sciences increasingly demonstrate that reality is neither static nor homogeneous. It constitutes a multi-level network of interconnected forms of being, in which the virtual and the actual, the subjective and the objective, the material and the ideal intertwine. Today, it is assumed that humanity has reached a developmental stage where access to the “Logos, striving for infinity” is possible at a greater depth. Here, the necessity arises to introduce the author's term "Logos-Pervoluch". Methodology: historical-philosophical and comparative analysis of concepts of virtual reality in philosophy and cognitive sciences; theoretical modeling of cognitive processes within the polyontological approach, ontological analysis of concepts of multiple worlds and virtual reality; philosophy of consciousness and cognitive theories, interdisciplinary synthesis of philosophy, cognitive studies, and analysis of empirical material from practical work with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The scientific novelty lies in analyzing not individual forms of being, but their network organization. Buddhist practices, artificial neural networks, and experiences of working with children with ASD are examined not as homogeneous phenomena but as various empirical domains that allow for the identification of common structural characteristics of networked cognition. This serves as an aspect of evolutionary-informational epistemology, which unites cognitive models, information processing models, and modern evolutionary concepts concerning the philosophical investigation of human knowledge. It is shown that virtual reality does not perform merely an auxiliary function but an ontologically significant role in expanding the boundaries of knowledge. All levels form a holistic cognitive ecosystem that interacts with the embodied and virtual activity of humans. Thus, if the human cognitive system has access to higher-order network levels, it becomes less important for a person in which domain to make a discovery. Here, the term "Logos-Pervoluch" is proposed.
Tat'yana Ivanovna Sinyugina (Thu,) studied this question.