Evgenii Karchagin

The article discusses the main aspects of the problem of justice as a plural phenomenon. Five aspects of this problem are defined and analyzed: logical, linguistic, axiological, normative and contextual. Main theories of justice in contemporary social sciences that consider justice from a position of plurality are the conceptions by M. Walzer and L. Boltanski and L. Thevenot. A possible complement to these theories may be the concept of "areas of justice".

The paper discusses the theoretical aspects related to the emergence of the phenomenon of Big Data. These aspects are epistemological and methodological. The paper gives definition of Big Data, highlightes the scope of the use of the database. The heuristic use Big Data in the social sciences is demonstrated. Author also provides modern criticism of Big Data, which has a methodological nature.