Philosophy of science

The training manual is focused on studying the course on philosophy and the methodology of science and corresponds to the Candidate Examinations Program "History and Philosophy of Science, approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

The main sections of the benefits are devoted to the structure and models of the development of science in the dynamics of culture, the scientific revolution, non-classical forms of science, given the classification of methods on the empirical and theoretical levels of science in correlation with the form of knowledge - facts, hypothesis, theory, the foundations and prerequisites of knowledge are considered - Principles, thinking style, painting of the world, paradigm, research programs. As new methodologies are considered computerization, systemic and synergetics. Each paragraph is provided with a list of literature and questions for self-test. The tables of scientific methods, forms of knowledge and styles of thinking are proposed, the dictionary and the name pointer are given, a list of basic literature on philosophy and the methodology of science in English is provided.

The manual is intended to students, graduate students, as well as everyone to get acquainted with this important and relevant section of philosophical and methodological knowledge. In addition to the manual, the Reader of the Philosophy of Science is published. Epistemology. Methodology. Culture "