SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE PROJECT AS A POSSIBILITY FOR OVERCOMING THE CRISIS

Abstract

This article represents the review of the collective monograph "Social Philosophy of Science. Russian Prospects" (ed. by I.T.Kasavin). The article deals with the crisis in philosophy of science by the end of the XX century and which has become a prerequisite for emergence of the project of social philosophy of science. The author analyzes this project and proves the necessity of its implementation in connection with the realities of the global world. The author also analyzes the structure of t he book and discusses a number of key issues (attitude of knowledge and sociality, role of science in society, methodological aspects of case-study, etc.).