期刊名称：Hyle : International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
印刷版ISSN：1433-5158
出版年度：2010
卷号：16
期号：2
页码：121-125
出版社：HYLE Publications, Karlsruhe and University of Karlsruhe
摘要：The book under review is, as noted in its foreword, at the same time a scien-tific monograph and a textbook. This fact makes my review of Professor V. Kurashov's book especially difficult. First of all, I would like to make some remarks about the curriculum in history and philosophy of science in Russia. Some years ago, a new examination for 'Candidates of Sciences' (kandidat nauk) in history and philosophy of science for postgraduate students of all disciplines was introduced in Russia. The academic degree Candidate of Sci-ence is the first level which officially endows the academic status; the next and highest academic degree is the Doctor of Science. The main curriculum leading to the Candidate of Sciences degree is the Aspirantura in universities and scientific research institutions of the Russian Federation, which is in-tended to impart in-depth theoretical, technical, and social education and training. The duration of full- or part-time postgraduate studies is three and four years, respectively. Educational programs in the Aspirantura include both postgraduate courses and research. In the first year of this curriculum, a course on the philosophy of science is offered, requiring a library-research report on the history of a particular, narrowly-limited field of science, which the doctoral student (called an aspirant) investigates as a future researcher. The course consists of lectures on the philosophy of science and seminars on the history of science, with presentation of the report on the history of the respective field of scientific research from the philosophical point of view. The holder of the academic degree is officially designated not simply as Can-didate of Science, but as Candidate of Technical Science, Candidate of Physi-comathematical Science, etc. The lectures and seminars in the courses on phi-losophy of science consist of general and special levels. The special level is oriented on philosophy of physics for physicists, philosophy of technology for engineers, and so on
