Education:

• 1971-1974 – Postgraduate Student at Institute of Philosophy of NAS.
• 1964–1969 – Kyiv State University named after T. Shevchenko, Master of Science in Theoretical Physics.

Research interests: Methodology, Philosophy and History of Science, especially models of concepts and scientific theories; Philosophy of Law and the Social Sciences.

Results obtained:

• The philosophy of physics. The statement on direction of ideological growth of physics from conceptualization of immutability to that of mutability and then to that of interaction and development was put forward and grounded. Resolving the problem of physical cognition universals was connected with an elaboration of the specific system of tools and methods of identifying, individuating and differing objects from the fundamental theory domain.

• The Weltanschauung of modern science. The role of vacuum conception and the idea of existence types (actual and potential, observable and non-observable, virtual and hidden) were analyzed. Heuristic and regulative functions of categories of substance, world as a whole, relative and absolute, anthropic and self-development principles were singled out (in collaboration with S. Crymski).

• The methodology of science. The unified structure-nominative reconstruction of scientific knowledge system was built in collaboration with M. Burgin. According to it, any matured and individual scientific knowledge system includes hierarchically organized and complex subsystems that partially and separately have been studied by standard, structuralist, operationalist. problem-solving, value and other directions in the current methodology of science. 1) The logico-linguistic subsystem expresses by different, including mathematical, languages and normalizes by various logical tools the information available on objects under study. 2) The model-representing subsystem comprises incident to knowledge system ways of modeling and understanding these objects. 3) The pragmatic-procedural subsystem contains general and specific for the knowledge system operations, methods, procedures, algorithms and applications. 4) From the viewpoint of the problem-heuristic subsystem, the individual knowledge systems is a unique way of setting and resolving questions, problems, puzzles and tasks of cognition of objects studied. It also includes various heuristics and estimations (truth, consistency, beauty, efficacy, adequacy, heuristicity etc) of other components and structures of the knowledge system. 5) The subsystem of links fixes interrelations between abovementioned components, structures and subsystems of the knowledge system. The structure-nominative reconstruction has been used in the methodological and comparative analysis of mathematical, economic, political, pedagogical, social and sociological theories. It has widened notions of discussed knowledge structures early on, for instance, those connected with a multitude of theoretical levels and with an application of numerous mathematical languages. It has deepened the notions on relations between the main directions of knowledge system studies. They are interpreted as dealing mainly with isolated subsystems of knowledge system. This reconstruction has disclosed a variety of before unknown knowledge structures, for example, those associated with principles of symmetry and supersymmetry and with laws of various levels and degrees.

• The concept studies. The triplet model of concepts was suggested and has been elaborated. According to it, any scientific concept is a dependent on cognitive situation, dynamical, multifunctional state of our consciousness related to thinking, knowledge system and cognition. A concept is modeled as being consisted from three interrelated structures. The concept base characterizes objects falling under a concept as well as properties and relations of such objects. The logical modeling reveals partially the concept base by notions of volume and content. The concept representing part includes forms and means (names, language expressions, abstract properties, quantitative values of object properties and relations, mathematical equations and their systems, theoretical models etc) of object representation in the appropriate knowledge system. The linkage gives a structures and procedures that connect components and substructures from the first two concept structures. The partial cases of the triplet model are logical, information, two-tired, cognitive standard, exemplar, prototype, knowledge-dependent and other models. It has been introduced the triplet classification that musters several hundreds of concepts. Different kinds of fuzziness are distinguished. Even the most precise and exact concepts are fuzzy in some triplet aspect. The notions on relations between real scientific concepts are essentially extended. For example, the definition and strict analysis of such relations as formalization, quantification, mathematization, generalization and identity of various kinds are proposed. The concepts “planet” and “elementary particle” and some of their metamorphoses were analyzed in triplet terms.

• The philosophy of law. It was originated the conception of philosophy of law as a discipline dealing with an elaboration of understanding, founding, estimating and criticizing law. The basic information on the major directions in current philosophy of law (legal realism, feminism, criticism, postmodernism, economism etc) is introduced to Ukrainian audience. The classification of more than fifty directions in modern legal philosophy is suggested.

Studies under way:

• Triplet modeling changes of scientific concepts;
• Analyzing and adapting to Ukrainian circumstances such a direction of legal philosophy as legal economism (the economic analysis of law/ law and economics);
• Studying composition and properties of procedural and operational subsystems of the pragmatic-procedural subsystem of a knowledge system (in collaboration with Mark Burgin, Department of Mathematics of University of California, Los Angeles, USA).

Courses taught: Philosophy of Science; Contemporary Conceptual Analysis; History of Philosophy; Analytical Philosophy; General Philosophy; Philosophy of Law.

Membership: All-Ukrainian Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (A Division of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) (2003-present); Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) of the USA (1992-2002).

Guest co-editor of Synthese: Logic and Philosophy of Science in the Ukraine, 1994, vol.100, No.1.

Awards and fellowships: Fulbright Scholarship Award (1999/2000); DAAD Research Grant (1988; 1995: 2002); Scholarship of Secretariat for Cultural Exchange Programs of Norway (1994, 1996); Travel Grants, CEU Commissions (1994); Travel Grant, Science Foundation Fond, USA (1994); Learning and Research Grant of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (1994); Research Grant of British Foreign Office and Union of Ukrainian Students in Great Britain (1993); Grant-in-Aid, Russian Branch of Soros Foundation (1992-3); Travel Grant, Wittgenstein Society (1992); Travel Grant, Soros Foundation, Ukrainian Branch (1990); Travel Grant, Wittgenstein Society (1987).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:

1. Philosophy of Law. History and Modernity. Kyiv, 2003 (It was sponsored by Fulbright fond; Rev.: Den, 2003, № 193, 28 October 2003: 5; Knighnik-review, 2004, 3: 19; State and Law, 2004, 24; 655-657; IVR (International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy) Newsletter , 2004, 33: 35; Philosophical Thought, 2005, 1: 130-132) (Abstract and Contents).
2. A Concept and Its Structures: The Methodological Analysis. Kiev, 1997 (Rev.: Knowledge Organization, 2001, 8, 2: 95-97; Philosophical Studies, 1999: 90-91) (It was sponsored by President of Wittgenstein Society Adolf Hubner, Austria). (Contents and Summary).
3. An Introduction to the Exact Methodology of Science, Moscow, 1994 (co-author Burgin) (It was sponsored by Soros Foundation, Russian, not Ukrainian Branch) (Contents).
4. The Nomological Structures of Scientific Theories (co-author Burgin), Kiev, 1993 (Rev. Philosophical Thought, 1998, 2: 157-160) (Summary and Contents).
5. The Axiological Aspects of Scientific Theories (co-author Burgin), Kiev, 1991 (Rev.: Erkenntnis, 1993, 38,2: 281-283; Studia Logica, 1993, 52, 1: 175-179) (Summary and Contents).
6. The World of Theories and Power of Mind (co-author Burgin), Kiev, 1991 (Contents).
7. The Problem of Universals in Physical Cognition, Kiev, 1987 (Rev. Problems of Philosophy, 1989, 9: 166-168; Social Sciences in USSR. Philosophical Sciences, 1988, 1: 35-39) (Contents).
8. Weltanschauung's Categories in Modern Science (co-author S.Crymski), Kiev, 1983 (Rev. Philosophical Sciences, 1986, 2: 166-170; Philosophical Thought, 1985, 5:125-127) (Contents).
9. Philosophical Analysis of the Foundations of Elementary Particle Physics, Kiev, 1977 (Rev. Problems of Philosophy, 1978, 9: 166-169) (Contents).

PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE, INCLUDING CONCEPT MODELING:

1. Representing Relations between Physical Concepts // Communication and Cognition, 2004, 37: 105-135 (Abstract).
2. The Triplet Modeling of Concept Connections. `Philosophical Dimensions of Logic and Science // Selected Contributed Papers from the 11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy and Science', Ed. by A. Rojszczak, J. Cachro and G. Kurczewski, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2003, 317-330 (Abstract).
3. System Nature of Concepts // System Research, Yearbook 2002. Moscow: Editorial, 2003 (in Russian).
4. Compatibility Types of Scientific Concepts: The Triplet Approach // Language and Culture. Issue 4, Volume 2, Part 1. Kiev: Grafitti, 2002, 149-159 (In Russian).
5. The Triplet Modeling of Representing Relations between Object Concepts // Proceedings of the 12th European-Japanese Conference on Information Modeling and Knowledge Bases. May 27—30, 2002, Krippen, Swiss Saxony, Germany, 14–23.
6. The Formalization of Scientific Concepts // Philosophy, Anthropology, Ecology’ 2001. Kyiv, 2001. 255–264. (In Ukrainian).
7. Conditions and Features of Unity Concept in Science // Proceedings of the Conference “Einstein meets Magritte”, Brussels, 1995. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999. 217-228 (Abstract).
8. On the Triplet Frame for Concept Analysis // Theoria, 1999, 14, 34: 39-62 (Abstract).
9. Types of Concept Fuzziness // Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 1998, 96, 2: 129-138 (co-author E.Kuznetsova) (Abstract).
10. Concepts and Their Models // Philosophical Thought, 1998:31-50 (In Ukrainian)
11. On Triplet Classification of Concepts // Knowledge Organization, 1997, 24, 3, 163-175 (Abstract).
12. Triplet Model of a Concept and Its Fuzzification // International Convention of the Trinitarian Knowledge. Reports, 1997/1998: 122-127 (Coauthor E.Kuznetsova, in Ukrainian).
13. Theories and Concept Metamorphoses // ‘Cognitio humana - Dynamik des Wissens und der Werte. XVII.Deutscher Kongre fur Philosophie’, ed. by Ch.Hubig. Leipzig 1996. Workshop-Beitrage, 1996, Vol.1. 568-576.
14. What is a Concept? // Genesis, 1995, 3, 1: 29-42 (In Ukrainian).
15. Types of Fuzzy Concepts // ‘Proceedings of the Second European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing, Aachen, Germany, September 20-23, 1994’. Volume 2. Aachen: Verlag der Augustinus Buchhandlung, 1994, 675-679.

PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Law Understanding: Methods and Models of Legal Philosophy. Part II // Philosophical Thought, 2004, 1: 120-136. (In Ukrainian).
2. Kinds of Law Complexity // Philosophy of Law Issues, 2003, 1, 79-82 (In Ukrainian).
3. Legal Economism; Legal Naturalism; Legal Positivism // Legal Encyclopedia, Vol. 5. Kyiv, 2003, 41-44 (In Ukrainian).
4. Law Understanding: Methods and Models of Legal Philosophy. Part I // Philosophical Thought, 2003, 6: 135-147. (In Ukrainian).
5. Philosophy of Law: An Attempt of Propaedeutics // Philosophical Thought, 2003, 5:118-141. (In Ukrainian).
6. Approaches to the Philosophy of Law and Some of Their Features // Journal of Kyiv University of Law. 2002, 1: 15-26 (In Ukrainian).
7. Legal Naturalism, Legal Economism, Legal Criticism, Legal Race Critical Theory, Legal Positivism, Legal Postmodernism, Legal Pragmatism, Legal Realism, Legal Feminism // Philosophical Encyclopedic Dictionary, Kyiv, 2002 (In Ukrainian).
8. Social Metatheorizing and Its Importance // The Proceedings of the Moscow University, Series 18: Sociology and Politology, 1997, 4: 22-42 (In Russian).

MODELING KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS (in collaboration with Mark Burgin)

1. Scientific Problems and Questions from a Logical Point of View // Synthese, 1994, 100, 1: 1-28.
2. Properties in Science and Their Modelling // Quality and Quantity, 1993, 27: 371-382.
3. Types of Fuzzy Nomological Structures // Proceedings of First European Congress on Fuzzy Sets and Intelligent Technologies, Aachen, September 7-11, 1993. Vol. 3. Aachen: Verlag den Augustinus Buchhandlung, 1993, 1625-1631.
4. A Formal Aesthetic for Scientific Discourse // Anglo-Ukrainian Studies in the Analysis of Scientific Discourse, Reason and Rhetoric. Ed. by R.Harre, Levinston: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1993, 69-93.
5. On Methodological Analysis of Sociological Theories // Die Verschmelzung der Untersuchungsbereiche: Formen des Dialogs zwischen Kulturwissenschaft und Wissenschaftstheorie. Ed. by D.Ginev, Frankfurt am Main, 1993: 49-61.
6. Model Part of a Scientific Theory // Epistemologia, 1992, XV: 41-64.
7. The Structure-Nominative Analysis of Theoretical Knowledge (Ideas, Results and Perspectives). Proceedings of the Institute of Philosophy IP-92-01. Kiev, 1992, 34 p.
8. The Structure-Nominative Reconstruction and the Intelligibility of Cognition // Epistemologia, 1992, 15: 249-268.
9. Fuzzy Sets as Named Sets // Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 1992, 46: 189-192.
10. The Structure and Development of Mathematical Theories // Modern Logic, USA, 1991, 2, 1: 3-28.
11. The Structure-Nominative Reconstruction of Scientific Knowledge // Epistemologia, 1988, 11: 235-254.

ARTICLES DEVOTED TO REFORMING NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE

1. On the ways of perestroika of the social sciences // Visnyk AN URSR, 1990, 11: 7-14 (coauthors M.Burgin, M.Gudkov, O.Gurji, O.Donchenko, V.Zwiglyanich, A.Ishmuratov, V.Krukov, V.Malachov, V.Chmel’ko, O.Chomra, V.Tsherbak).
2. Philosophy: regime’s apology or science? // The Voice of Ukraine, 29 January 1993 (coauthors P.Kislyi, S.Pavlyuk).
3. Symptoms of grave illness or What is a Ukrainian science? // Den’, 10 March 2005 (coauthors A.Gabovich, I.Kashuba, V. Olkhovsky, V.Ermakov, L.Bryshik, О.Eremko, O.Chomra, V.Shkoda).
4. While the Presidium of NASU paid lip service to a ‘emeritus proffesor’… // Zerkalo Nedeli, 18 March 2005 (coauthors A.Rudchik, I.Kashuba, V. Olkhovsky, A.Gabovich, O.Levon, I.Seminog, I.Korshg. M.Dmitruk, O.Maluta).