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https://doi.org/10.25198/2077-7175-2025-2-75


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PHENOMENON OF A REGIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL: EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING THE ACTIVITIES OF V. N. BORISOV

T. V. Borisova1, V. O. Sheleketa2, A. A. Shestakov3
Samara State Technical University, Samara, Russia
1 e-mail: BorisovaTVa@yandex.ru
2 e-mail: vladshelo@mail.ru
3 e-mail: shestakovalex@yandex.ru

Abstract. The article is devoted to the study of the creative heritage of the famous domestic specialist in the field of philosophy and methodology of science Vadim Nikolayevich Borisov – the formation and structuring of his scientific program and the explication of its ideological and theoretical sources. The authors pay special attention to the formation of the scientific school of the scientist, associated with the consistent thematization of the theoretical construct «reflection». The authors proceed from the fact that the priority trend in the modern philosophy of science is to comprehend the cultural and historical nature of cognition and analyze its complex structured context. These dominant directions have been implemented in a large number of studies on scientific communication, power interactions in the scientific community, the effectiveness of science as a special social institution, etc. Consistent thematization of issues of this type is associated with the works of B. Latur, R. Merton, St. Fuller, M. Foucault and many other authors. In this context it seems relevant to consider the social organization of the cognitive process, which can be expressed (1) in a comprehensive study of the mechanisms of functioning of various types of scientific communities (central/regional), (2) analysis of the processes of formation, development and degradation of scientific schools, (3) thematization of issues related to the quantitative and qualitative consolidation of advantages in science (scientific production), (4) establishing the originality of scientific capital and the relationship of the latter with symbolic capital. The study of the above problem complexes is quite new in Russian philosophical literature. The authors see the novelty of the proposed way of considering the issue in the following: (1) in the scientific literature, mainly, attention is paid to scientific schools that have taken shape on the basis of existing philosophical faculties (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on- Don, Yekaterinburg), (2) as a result of which very frequent cases of «migration» of scientific schools themselves remain outside the analysis, which is associated with the relocation of their leaders; (3) virtually no consideration is given to the contradictory processes of rooting in the new place of the scientific leaders themselves and their followers in the new cultural and intellectual environment. For a detailed discussion of the above tasks, the scientific fate of the Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor Vadim Nikolaevich Borisov, a famous methodologist of science, one of the graduates of Moscow University of the historical period when studied at it: B. A. Grushin, A. A. Zinoviev, E. V. Ilyenkov, M. K. Mamardashvili, G. P. Shchedrovitsky. The methodological basis of the study was the heuristic ideas of P. Bourdieu (scientific field as a power institution, concepts of scientific production and scientific capital, authority as a special type of capital in science, cognitive and institutional strategies in science), R. Merton (ethos of science, mechanism for transferring norms and values in the scientific community, reputation in science, accumulation of advantages in science), M. Foucault (concept of an episteme, the ratio of power and knowledge) In their study, the authors distinguish three stages in the development of the methodological doctrine of V. N. Borisov: formation (Kalinin city), registration (Novosibirsk) and institutional rooting in a new place (Kuibyshev/Samara). In conclusion, the authors reveal the originality of V. N. Borisov, the main content of which was quantitative (opening new departments, holding methodological seminars and scientific conferences) and qualitative growth (development of graduate school, creation of dissertation councils) of regional scientific communities.

Key words: V. N. Borisov, scientific community, ethos of science, scientific school, scientific tradition, continuity in science, scientific capital.

Cite as: Borisova, T. V., Sheleketa, V. O., Shestakov, A. A. (2025) [Phenomenon of a regional philosophical school: experience in understanding the activities of V. N. Borisov]. Intellekt. Innovacii. Investicii [Intellect. Innovations. Investments]. Vol. 2, pp. 75–87. – https://doi.org/10.25198/2077-7175-2025-2-75.


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