Alexandra Argamakova

ALEXANDRA ARGAMAKOVA

Education

2008, BA in Philosophy from Tomsk State University, Department of Philosophy. Graduated with honors.
2010, MA in Philosophy from Tomsk State University, Department of Philosophy. Graduated with honors.
2010 – 2013, the postgraduate course in Philosophy at St.-Petersburg State University and at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
2013, received PhD in Philosophy from the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences. Research theme: “The Logical Analysis of Scientific Language in the Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap”. Scientific adviser - prof. V.L. Vasyukov.

Research interests

Epistemology, philosophy of language
Science, cognition and technology in social context
History and philosophy of science
History of philosophy (positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, social epistemology)

Professional activity

Since 2015, Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Grants & Awards

2020 – 2022, grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, participant of the research project "New tendencies of the humanities and social sciences development in the context of digitalization and new social problems and threats: interdisciplinary approach".
2019 – 2020, Presidential grant, supervisor of the research project "Historical Transformations of Social Engineering Theories".
2015 – 2018, participant of the research project “Social Philosophy of Science. Russian Perspective”, funded by the Russian Scientific Fund.
2016 – 2017, Presidential grant, supervisor of the research project “Social Sciences and Social Practices: The History of Mutual Influence”.
2006 – 2010, scholarship of Oxford Russia Fund.
2009, scholarship from Tomsk region governor.
2008, medal of the Russian ministry of education and science for the best student research.

Publications

Argamakova A. "Natural and Other Kinds." Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. Vol. 62. Iss. 1. pp. 67-76. (Rus.)
Argamakova A.A. Social Sciences and Social Practices: History of Mutual Influence. Moscow: RSHPS, 2024. 244 pp. (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "Mixed Methods in Social Sciences." Epistemology and Philosophy of Science. 2023. Vol. 60. No. 4. pp. 212-224 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "What Does It Mean to Be Rational?" Voprosy Filosofii. 2023. No. 10. pp. 151-155 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "Incommensurability of Theories as Incompatibility of Taxonomic Categories." Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences. 2023. Vol. 66. No. 3. pp. 102-121 (Rus.)
Argamakova A., Kusliy P. (ed.), Communicative Foundations of Scientific Rationality (collective monograph). Moscow.; St. Petersburg: Center of Humanitarian initiatives, 2023 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. Sidorchuk I. "The Formation of the Social Sciences in Russia at the Turn of the 19th-20th Centuries." In: Stoliarova (ed.) Progress in the Socio-Humanitarian Perspective. Moscow: RSHPS, 2022 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "Sociological Skepticism toward Scientific Progress." Voprosy Filosofii. 2021. No. 11. pp. 70-75 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "History of Human Science Laboratories." Social Epistemology, 2021-2022.
Argamakova A. "Thomas Kuhn’s Theory of Scientific Revolutions in the Social Context of Cold War." Voprosy Filosofii. 2020. No. 12 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "Quine's Critique of the Dogmas of Logical Empiricism." In: Philosophy of Science and Semantics (collective monograph). Moscow: RSHPS, 2020 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "M. Weber’s and R. Merton’s Views on the Nature of Scientific Values." Tsennosti i smysly. 2019. No. 63. pp. 65-81 (Rus.)
Argamakova A. "Modeling Scientific Development: Lessons from Thomas Kuhn." In: Mizrahi M. (ed.) The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? London, New York: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018. 45-60 pp.
Argamakova A. "The Practical Tasks of Social Engineering and the Formation of Social and Human Sciences." Russian Studies in Philosophy. 2017. Vol. 55.
Argamakova A. "Social Epistemology and Its Ways of Setting Policy." Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective. 2015. Vol. 4. No. 3. pp. 5-8.

Academia page: https://varetis.academia.edu/AlexandraArgamakova

Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.ru/Argamakova

Languages

Russian (native), English.

Contacts

argamakova@gmail.com