THE STRUCTURE OF THE HISTORIC-PHILOSOPHICAL PARADIGM

Abstract

The article formulates three structural elements of the paradigmatic method: guidelines method, fundamental concept and transformation. The three basic guidelines used in the historic-philosophical programme are description, nomological and axiological approaches. The fundamental concept considers the question which is very important for philosophy – that of correlation between existence and consciousness. This consideration is implemented by means of examples of the most important theoretical trends in philosophical knowledge: realism, subjectivism and critical realism. At the stage of the paradigmatic method transformation element the the fundamental concept is modified into a fundamental idea.

Keywords

• paradigmatic method
• fundamental concept
• ideal constructions
• metatheory
• theoretical thinking
• description
• comprehension
• historic-philosophical science
• axiology