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Philosophy of Sciences

2016 year, number 2

THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF ANCIENT PROTOSCIENCE IN MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY

B.V. Davydov
National history and cultural studies I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Keywords: протонаука, рациональные методы, научное познание, естествознание, Древняя Греция VI-IV вв. до н.э, protoscience, rational methods, scientific knowledge, natural science, Ancient Greece VI-IV centuries. BC

Abstract

In the article, the author systematizes and analyzes the major trends in the research of ancient origin of protoscience. Considering the domestic and foreign sources, the author formulates the five main hypotheses of appearance of rational methods and theories of scientific knowledge in Ancient Greece VI-IV centuries. BC. According to detailed analysis of hypotheses, the author identifies two basic assumptions about the relationship of the research subject and considerable political activity of the population in the history of ancient Greece of that period. Going into details of political and legal principles of polises, the author projects the results of a study to health sphere recognizing the parallelism between political discourse and philosophical arguments in ancient society.