Materialist and positivist preconditions of Alexander Bogdanov's philosophical views

Abstract

The article is a study of empiriocritical (positivist) and Marxist (materialist) aspects in the work of the outstanding Russian philosopher, revolutionary and public figure Alexander Alexandrovich Bogdanov. Close attention is paid to the history of the materialist approach in the philosophical constructions of various thinkers, starting from ancient authors and ending with the ideas of E. Mach and R. Avenarius. The ideas of historical development of society based on the positivist approach to the idea of historical materialism and Marxism in general, embodied in his concept of empiriomonism, are also investigated.