Abstract:
This research studies the complex of concepts: the natural and the artificial, civilization and
culture, natural forces and human forces, natural processes and induced processes. These binary
concepts generally reflect the historical experience of the interaction of man and nature, the
results of which are before the eyes of people themselves, and represent the level of development
of human life in nature and society. Analysis of these results is performed by the activity method.
The considered binary concepts reveal the continuity of matter and natural processes in practical
and cognitive activity of man, i.e., the systematic property of interaction between man and nature.
Mining is the process of extracting natural material from direct contact with the ground; induced
natural processes obtain their origin: the extracted matter is converted into raw material, and
nature - into the artificial nature. To adjust production activities in order to prevent natural and
social consequences, i
