The evolution of the concept of science. The formation and development of the first scientific programs. Gaidenko P.P.

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 author 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 concepts of number, space, movement, finite and endless, continuous, etc. The book shows as 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 prepare the prerequisites for natural science of the new time.

is recommended by historians and methodologists of science, students and graduate students, as well as a wide range of readers interested in development of scientific knowledge.