The history and philosophy of science as an object of metatheoretic analysis
A.P. Fedyaev
Keywords: history of science, growth of scientific knowledge, the future of science
Abstract
The paper presents a new periodization of the development of science. The author regards the antique science as a starting point (“thesis”) in formation of the modern natural science; he treats the classic stage of the development of science as its opposite (“antithesis”); and he considers the future science to be a special “synthesis” of antique and modern conceptions. Also, the author developed the method of “controllable growth of scientific knowledge” which makes possible to foresee what main features science will possess in future.
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