Deborinians are philosophers of science (natural sciences)

Abstract

The article attempts to give a panoramic overview of the works of philosophers of the school of Academician A.M. Deborin in the field of philosophical problems of special sciences. It is noted that the very model of the organization of philosophical knowledge according
to the type: philosophical methodology – philosophical problems of special sciences – was formed in the Deborin school, then developed in Soviet philosophy and after the defeat of the Deborin school, and in general, with the corresponding changes, was inherited by the post-Soviet philosophy. At the same time, those philosophers who laid the foundations for the development of philosophical problems of particular sciences were forgotten, since almost all of them were repressed, and their works were withdrawn from free access in li­braries. The formation of the problematics of the philosophical problems of sciences during the “Thaw” period was based on the traditions of the Deborin school. But at the same time, the names of philosophers themselves were erased from history. This article will focus on those representatives of the Deborin school who dealt with the philosophical problems of mathematics (Yu.P. Shein), physics (B.M. Hessen, T.N. Gorshtein, E.F. Lepin, M.L. Shirvindt), chemistry (I.P. Rozen), biology (I.I. Agol, M.L. Levin, V.N. Slepkov) and medicine (S.G. Levit). The most general characteristic of their scientific works, the prob­lems they posed, the philosophical positions they occupied are given. The relevance of the in­dividual provisions put forward by them in the field of philosophy and methodology of spe­cific sciences is noted.