Vladimir Filatov

Date and Place of Birth

June 29, 1948, Tver

Education

1966-1972 – Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University. Specialization: Physicist
1975-1978 – Postgraduate studies, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Theory of Knowledge
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences thesis: "Cultural and Historical Foundations of Theoretical Thinking" (1979). Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Doctoral thesis: "Science in the Context of Ideology and Non-scientific Forms of Knowledge" (1992). Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research interests

Professional activity

1978-1989 – Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Theory of Knowledge, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
1989-1992 – Editor of the Epistemology and Philosophy of Science Section, "Voprosy Filosofii" Journal
1992-2021 – Professor, Head of the Department of Contemporary Philosophy Problems, Russian State University for the Humanities
Since 2021 – Associated Research Fellow, Department of Social Epistemology, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences; Independent Research Fellow; Member of the Editorial Board of "Epistemology and Philosophy of Science" Journal

Publications

Author of more than 250 publications

Books

Filatov, V.P. Nauchnoye poznaniye i mir cheloveka (Scientific Knowledge and the World of Man). Moscow: Politizdat, 1989
Sidorina, T.I., Polyannikov, T.L., Filatov, V.P. Fenomen svobody v usloviyakh globalizatsii (The Phenomenon of Freedom in the Context of Globalization). Moscow: RSUH, 2008

Editions

Sovremennaya zapadnaya filosofiia: Entsiklopedicheskiy slovar’ (Contemporary Western Philosophy: An Encyclopedic Dictionary), edited by O. Heffe, V.S. Malakhov, V.P. Filatov. Moscow: Kultural'naya Revolyutsiya, 2009. Editor and compiler, author of 23 articles.
Entsiklopediya epistomologii i filosofii nauki (Encyclopedia of Epistemology and Philosophy of Science). Moscow: Kanon, 2009. Editorial board member, author of 16 articles.
Nikolai Onufrievich Lossky, edited by V.P. Filatov. Moscow: Politicheskaya Entsiklopediya, 2016

Selected Publications

Filatov V.P. From explanation to understanding: an important shift in the philosophy of science // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, 2023, vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 6-22 (Rus.)
Filatov V.P. Social understanding and the problem of "other mind" // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, 2020, vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 6-22 (Rus.)
Filatov V.P. In Defense of the Analytical Approach // Voprosy Filosofii, 2019, No. 7, pp. 66-71 (Rus.)
Filatov V.P. Early history of the Academy of Sciences: facts and their sociocultural reconstruction // Science Management: Theory and Practice, 2019, vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 196-203 (Rus.)
Filatov V.P. Legal Marxism and Philosophy of Science // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, 2017, vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 56-70 (Rus.)
Filatov V.P. Argument from analogy in understanding “other minds”. To the history of an issue // RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies, 2017, No. 4 (10), pp. 181-190 (Rus.)
Filatov V.P. Thought experiments and a priori knowledge // Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, 2016, No. 3 (49), pp. 17-27 (Rus.)

Grants

"Epistemological Problems in Contemporary Philosophy of Consciousness", RFBR, 2018-2020.
"Thought Experiments in Science and Philosophy", Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH), 2011-2013.
"Socio-Political Aspects of Economic Concepts", Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH), 2006-2008.
"Logical-Methodological and Epistemological Problems of Natural and Social Sciences: Their Evolution and the Possibilities of Cognitive Synthesis", RFBR, 2004-2006 (collective project).

Scientific and Organizational Work

Languages

English

Contacts

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