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Original article

Index UDK: 1(091)

Year, Volume, Number:
2025, Vol. 13, № 3 (51)

Pages: 159-170

The principle of nationality in science in the writings of the Slavophiles

Olga A. Martynova
Сandidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Social Communications, Penza State University, 40 Krasnaya street, Penza, 440026, Russia, nataly6707@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1328-823X

EDN: WCWCCB
DOI: 10.21685/2307-9525-2025-13-3-15

Category: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY

For citation:
Martynova O.A. The principle of nationality in science in the writings of the Slavophiles. Elektronnyy nauchnyy zhurnal "Nauka. Obshchestvo. Gosudarstvo" = Electronic scientific journal "Science. Society. State". 2025;13(3):159–170. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2307-9525-2025-13-3-15

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Received: 19.05.2025

Accepted: 30.07.2025
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Abstract
Background. The relevance of the problem under study is related to a number of factors: the aggravation of the problem of the social significance of science and its role in the realization of national interests, the problem of the role of the subject of scientific knowledge, rethinking the role of national worldview. The purpose of the work is to analyze and systematize the views of Slavophiles on nationality and its role in scientific knowledge. Materials and methods. The source base of the work is the works of A.S. Khomyakov, I.V. Kireevsky, P.V. Kireevsky, K.S. Aksakov, Yu.F. Samarin. The main research method is a systematic and comprehensive text analysis. Results. Russian philosophy and science traced the theoretical origins of the principle of nationality in Russian science and philosophy of the early 19th century, highlighted aspects of nationality as properties of a cognizing subject, outlined the empirical basis for the study of the properties of the Russian people by Slavophiles, identified the signs of the Russian worldview, highlighted by the Slavophiles. Сonclusions. Nationality in science at the beginning and middle of the 19th century was determined by both economic, political, and spiritual reasons, being, on the one hand, a pan–European trend, on the other – a national phenomenon. Slavophiles considered nationality to be both a property of cognitive thought and a subject of study. Nationality, as a property of cognitive thought, gives a national flavor to any knowledge, its methods of achievement and results, helps to consider an object from a certain angle, depending on the cultural traditions in which the cognitive subject grew up. This goes against objectivity as a principle of science, but fits into the modern trend of subjectivization of knowledge by Slavophiles. In the study of nationality, thinkers referred to empirical facts and philosophical constructions. In their theories, they proceeded from a national understanding of dialectical methodology and romantic science: ontologism, synthesis of various types of knowledge, and the social significance of science. They considered the understanding of nationality to be an important condition for the development of knowledge and the improvement of societys.

Keywords
science, Romanticism, Slavophilism, ontologism, nationality, nationality in science, mentality, national worldview, Russian worldview

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