The Problem of conceptualization of theoretical-methodological foundations of a research

The paper studies the processes of theoretical knowledge development, in which the problem of conceptualisation of theoretical-methodological foundations of a research presents especial interest. The importance of the problem is defined by the fact that its study allows to identify some topical trends of methodological culture of thinking transformation. The kernel of the problem is that methodological consciousness of modern exploratory community expects, on the one hand, acceptance of principles of social-cultural stipulation of knowledge, theoretical and methodological pluralism, recognition of a great role of subject-components in exploratory activity, but, on the other hand, dealing with such theoretical views, cognitive values with handhold on logical-methodological device, which was formed in accordance with a dramatically different understanding of principles of cognition and is unproductive in the new epistemological situation. In the paper some premises of the problem studied are revealed; main stages of methodological reflection evolution are considered; an interpretation of the problem from the standpoint of methodological culture of thinking development is given and main types of methodological reflection of a researcher are characterized. The statement of the question proposed in the paper is significant because of the fact that it promotes understanding processes of methodological culture of thinking transformation, allows to reveal some epistemological paradoxes related with the change of the ideal of rationality, and mark the way of overcoming the corresponding methodological difficulties. One of the ways to get over these difficulties is connected with the development of internalist strategies of theoretical knowledge - strategies, which assist in realization of principles of subjectness, social-cultural stipulation of knowledge, inter-addition of theoretical-methodological systems of coordinates. In this instance existence in theoretical knowledge of a multitude of methodological positions often irreducible to one another, theoretical views (and legitimating of it) in spite of the difficulties accompanying the given circumstance turns out to be not as much a sign of a crisis in modern philosophy and science but premises of methodological culture of thinking enrichment. From the standpoint of epistemological studies it expects positive interpretation of processes occurring in theoretical knowledge that, in the author's opinion, helps to avoid negativistic trends in analysis of scientific rationality transformation observed in modern philosophy and science.

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