The evolution of the concept of science: The emergence and development of the first scientific programs

This monograph is devoted to the analysis of the development of scientific knowledge from the VI century. BC. e. in the XVI century. It traces it, as the understanding of science, its subject and research methods, as well as ideas about the ideals of scientific knowledge, has changed. The focus of the author’s attention is the formation and development of the first scientific programs, within the framework of which the methodological principles of the study of nature and the fundamental concepts of scientific thinking were formed --- the concept of number, space, movement, finite and endless, continuous, etc. The book shows how it is shown With a change in historical conditions in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, the key concepts of scientific programs that have developed in antiquity are reviewed, and thereby preparing the prerequisites for the natural science of the New Age.
It is recommended for historians and methodologists of science, students and graduate students, as well as a wide circle of readers interested in the development of scientific knowledge