History and philosophy of science. Textbook. 6th edition. Stepin V.S.

The book is written in accordance with the program of the candidate minimum for graduate students and applicants. It traces how science arose in the course of the development of culture and civilization, what are the differences between science and other forms of knowledge. The structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge, the historical change in the types of scientific rationality, the connection of science and philosophy, and the sociocultural conditionality of scientific research are analyzed. The problems of the philosophy of science are analyzed on a specific material of the history of science.

The book is designed for graduate students and applicants, as well as all those who are interested in the philosophical and social problems of science and its prospects in the development of modern civilization.