Vasyl Prits, Volodymyr Kuznetsov. The main features of the cosmological picture of the world

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCES

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https://doi.org/10.15407/fd2020.02.086

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cosmology, philosophy of cosmology, Universe, picture of the world

Abstract

Physical cosmology is one of the disciplines at the forefront of modern science. Using existing physical theories and creating own ones, it describes the dynamics and evolution of the Universe, transforms and modernizes the scientific picture of the world on the largest possible scale. The article analyzes the main presuppositions and outcomes of nowadays cosmology, which are based on fundamental physical principles (theories) and astronomical observations. It has been revealed that throughout its existence as a science (about 100 years), cosmology stimulated the emergence of a plenty of worldview-philosophical problems. Therefore, we need a comprehensive update of the philosophy of cosmology, which can help to realize such problems. Given the need for cooperation between cosmology and the philosophy of science, we propose to use various methodological, ontological, epistemological and other philosophical techniques to solve philosophical problems arising in cosmological research, as well as to generalize the existing knowledge about the Universe.

Author Biographies

Vasyl PRITS

Master of Physics and Astronomy, PhD Student, Chair of Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Education and Educational Policy,

National Pedagogical Dragomanov University

Ukraine, Kyiv, Pyrohova str., 9.

Volodymyr KUZNETSOV

Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Logic and Methodology of Science, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, NAS of Ukraine,

4, Triokhsviatytelska St., Kyiv, 01001

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PRITS, V., & KUZNETSOV, V. (2020). Vasyl Prits, Volodymyr Kuznetsov. The main features of the cosmological picture of the world: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCES. Filosofska Dumka, (2), 86–101. https://doi.org/10.15407/fd2020.02.086

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