Perspectives on the progressivist image of science

The monograph based on the analysis of historical and theoretical prerequisites of the classical concept of progress of science, as well as philosophical and scientific foundations of modern reinterpretation of classical settings reveals the logic of formation of progressivism. The author develops a conceptual framework which proposes a prospective overcoming of relativism in the modern philosophy of science and highlights the meaning and purpose of progressive philosophical and scientific research in general. The monograph is intended for specialists in philosophy of science, social philosophy, philosophy of education and all those interested in the foundations of the development of science and philosophy.