Experimental methodology of socio-humanitarian knowledge: epistemological aspect

  • Veronika S. Saiganova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The stages of formation and development of experimental methodology in the social sciences are discussed in the article. An interdisciplinary experiment is characterised as a type of research activity based on the integration of the methods of disciplinary science in the study of complex problems of nature and society. In social epistemology, the significance of an interdisciplinary experiment lies in its connection with social demand, the possibility of obtaining effective knowledge. Cultural and historical epistemology focuses on the interdisciplinary experiment as a process of scientific research, on the experimenting consciousness of scientists. The heuristic nature of the interdisciplinary experiment, its prognostic potential and the ability to reveal the unknown are emphasised, which is of particular importance for understanding the features of social and humanitarian cognition in modern society.

Author Biography

Veronika S. Saiganova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (philosophy), docent; dean of the faculty of philosophy and social sciences

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Published
2023-05-29
Keywords: cultural and historical epistemology, interdisciplinary experiment, postnonclassical epistemology, social epistemology, social and humanitarian knowledge, sociotechnical experiment
How to Cite
Saiganova, V. S. (2023). Experimental methodology of socio-humanitarian knowledge: epistemological aspect. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 2, 46-51. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/5673
Issue
No 2 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology
Section
Epistemology

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