Heuristic Potentials of Biographical Method in Historical and Phlosophical Studies

Askadula Galimzyanovich Sabirov

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s3p249

Abstract

The paper is concerned with cognitive potentials of biographical method in historical and philosophical studies. The specific nature of biographical method, its advantages and disadvantages are exposed. Multifunction opportunities of biographical method in historical and philosophical studies are described. It’s shown that application of this method in historical and philosophical studies allows defining the influence of life circumstances on philosopher’s views features: forming their generalized portrait. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s3p249

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Biographical method is a subject of research of many kinds of sciences
Biographical method essence and potentials in specific historical and philosophical studies were examined in ancient Greek philosophy
When writing this paper the ideas of above-mentioned authors concerned with essential features of biographical method, its potentials in historical and philosophical studies were used

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Introduction

Biographical method is a subject of research of many kinds of sciences. It’s caused by the fact that the method involves studying scientists’ biographies, revealing the impact of life circumstances on their world-view. Representatives of sociology (Gay-Voronskaya Ⱥ., 2015, Rozhdestvenskaya E.Yu., 2012), psychology (Bühler, Ch.,1972, Jaspers K., 1960), physics (Sabirova, F.M., 2013) studied its potentials They were examined in philosophy in a less degree. Biographical method was extensively studied and applied in the days of Aristotle, Plato and Diogenes Laertius. Afterwards it was developed and used by many philosophers, for example, Fichte I., Hegel H., Feuerbach L., V. Dilthey biographical method was extensively studied and applied by Heidegger M., Russel B., Mead G., Denzin N., Misch G., Jaspers K. in their researches. The study of biographical method, its role in historical and philosophical studies is relevant, since it makes possible to detect influence of philosophers’ biographies on formation and development of their world-view, to compile philosopher’s generalized portrait.

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