Valentin N. KARPOVITCH | Institute of Philosophy and Law SB RAS

EDUCATION

From 1966 to 1971 - Moscow State University, faculty of philosophy, specializing in logic.
From 1971 to 1974 - Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences, department of logic, a postgraduate student.

DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS

1975 - Candidate of Sciences degree (Philosophy) from Institute of Philosophy, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Dissertation: "Definitions and definability in elementary theories."
1980 - the State diploma of docent of philosophy.
1983 - Doctor of Sciences degree (Philosophy) from Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev. Dissertation - "The growth of knowledge in science."
1988 - the State diploma of professor of philosophy.

RESEARCH AFFILIATION

1975 - 1992: a member of the research staff at the department of logic and philosophy of science, Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy, Novosibirsk, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
From 1993 - head of information-analytical department at the Institute of Philosophy and Law (former Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

TEACHING

1975 till now: a member of the staff in Novosibirsk State University, the chair of philosophy. Lectures in philosophy of science, logic, theory of argumentation, history of philosophy, ethics.
1995 (Summer term): Visiting professor at Salzburg University, Austria. Lectures in philosophy and history of science, seminar in logic.

Publications

Books (all in Russian):

Terminy v strukture teorij. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1978 (Terms in the structure of theories. Novosibirsk: Nauka publishers, 1978.)
Problema, gipoteza, zakon. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1980 (Problem, hypothesis, law. An analysis of the main structural elements of science. Novosibirsk: Nauka publishers, 1980.)
Logika i yazyk nauchnych teorij. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1982. (V.Tscelishev & I.Poljakov) (Logic and language of scientific theory. Novosibirsk: Nauka publishers, 1982, with V.Tscelishev & I.Poljakov)
Systemyj character teoreticheskogo znanija. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1984 (Systemic character of scientific knowledge. Novosibirsk: Nauka publishers, 1984.)
Objasnenie v socialnom poznanii. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1989 (Explanation in social knowledge. Novosibirsk:Nauka publishers, 1989.)
Dialektika soderjanija i formy v processe matematizacii nauki. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1990 (sovmestno s T.Bondarenko) (Dialectics of form and content in the mathematization of scientific knowledge. Novosibirsk:Nauka publishers, 1990, with T.Bondarenko)
Elementarnoe vvedenie v formalnuyu logiku. Novosibirsk, 1993. (Elementary introduction to formal logic. Novosibirsk, 1993)

Main papers (all in Russian):

On the problem of definability of dispositional predicates. In: Logic and methodology of science. Moscow, 1973.
On the presuppositions of reductive sentences. In: Philosophy in contemporary world. Philosophy and logic. Moscow, 1974.
Ostensive definitions in observational language. In: Proceedings of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Science, social science series. 1976, # 6.
Some traditional philosophical problems from the point of view of Kripke"s theory of rigid designators. In: Proceedings of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Science, social science series. 1977, # 1.
Logical structure of rational historical explanation. In: Philosophical Sciences, 1977, # 3.
On two types of general sentences and the criteria of their differentiation. In: Methodological problems of scientific knowledge. Novosibirsk, 1977.
On logical and methodological grounds for distinguishing observational and theoretical terms. In: Methods of logical analysis. Moscow, 1977.
Intertheoretical translation and ontological reduction. In: Logic and ontology. Novosibirsk, 1978.
Logical and methodological grounds for choosing research program. In: Science. Organization and management. Novosibirsk, 1979.
Logic as an instrument in philosophy and linguistics. In: Proceedings of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Science, social science series. 1980, # 2.
On formal criteria of empirical meaning for theoretical terms in science. In: Problems of logic and philosophy of science. Novosibirsk, 1982.
A generalization of the Ramsey method for the case of infinite axiomatization of theories. In: Logical investigations. Moscow, 1983.
Forecasting as logical, philosophical and sociological problem. In: The everlasting philosophical problems. Novosibirsk:Nauka, 1989
Theory of definitions in the methodology of science. In: Proceedings of the conference on logic, methodology and philosophy of science, Minsk, 1990
Contradiction and completeness of law systems. In: Proceedings of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Science, social science series, # 2, 1991
On the notion of contradiction in text and in behavior. In: Proceedings of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, social science series, # 1, 1992
Is methodological monism possible in the theory of value? In: XIX World Congress of Philosophy, Moscow, 22-28 August 1993, Book of abstracts, v.2
Philosophy and mass-media. In: Dialog, Moscow, # 10-12, 1993
Computer based learning in humanities. In: Proceedings of the conference in computer based learning, Ijevsk, 1994
Sustainable development as a notion and as a problem. In: Humanities in Siberia, 1995, #2.