The basic directions of research of social intellect in the framework of the problems of its social determinacy, the emphasis on its individual measurement and the isolation of the communicative direction of research, which emphasizes the importance of social intelligence as a communicative resource, are established. The significance of social intelligence as the cognitive basis of communicative competence, which affects the ability of a person to understand and predict the behavior of people in different life situations, to understand and adequately assess oneself and their actions and actions with respect to others, is substantiated. The generalization of the understanding of social intelligence in the framework of different approaches is carried out as the ability to adequately understand and evaluate their behavior and behavior of other people, that is, as a behavioral and communicative phenomenon and an aspect of interpersonal social interaction and communication. A general conclusion is drawn regarding the nature of social intelligence as an integral personal ability that determines the success of a person as a subject of interpersonal relations and communication on the basis of influence on such processes as the understanding and prediction of their own behavior and behavior of other people in situations of interpersonal communication; socialization, inculcation, social adaptation, etc. The main discussion problems in the field of research of social intelligence, which include heterogeneity of methodological approaches to its analysis, uncertainty of social intelligence as a cognitive phenomenon; the availability of approaches to the identification of social intelligence and other forms of cognitive activity of man, are singled out. The priority of research of the problem of measurement of social intelligence and development of measuring methods and their use in educational activity is substantiated.

In the paper was made an attempt to establish the specificity of studying Heidegger’s philosophical heritage within the frame of scientific discourse on pages of the journals «Epistemology & Philosophy of Science», «Problems of philosophy» and offer it interpretation. The author notes the presence of research interest to Martin Heidegger’s philosophical heritage on the pages of journal «Epistemology & Philosophy of Science», in context of the comparison with publications in «Problems of philosophy» denotes it as «low», which could be explained by the thematic scope of the journal and specificity of philosophical language of German philosopher. In this paper was considered the issue of prospects in appealing by authors of publications to the philosophy of Heidegger as a consequence of the immanent features of the development of the philosophy of science.