PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS OF A.L. SIMANOV
A.Y. Storozhuk
Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: metaphysics, methodology of physics, causality and determinism, anthropic principle, multiplicity of the Universe, fundamental constants
Abstract
In this article, the author pays tribute to the founder and first editor-in-chief of the journal “Philosophy of Science,” Doctor of Philosophy Aleksander Leonidovich Simanov. This renowned scientific methodologist focused primarily on the philosophy of physics, where he covered a large number of topics in detail, imparting his unique insight into them. For example, he understood scientific metaphysics methodologically, i.e. as a way to generate scientific hypotheses that are subsequently tested empirically. A.L. Simanov viewed metaphysics and methodology dialectically from the standpoint of historical materialism, emphasizing the fundamental incompleteness of scientific knowledge and pointing to the gradual transition from the metaphysics of objects to the metaphysics of states and structures. His approach differed from scientific structuralism in recognizing the existence of an object’s internal structure, whose change occurs not only due to the intervention of external forces, but also due to its internal evolution, as well as through changes in its internal qualities in response to external influences.
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