Valentin A. Bazhanov is a professor, chairperson of Philosophy Department at Ulyanovsk State University

Ulyanovsk State University

Ulyanovsk State University is a public, research university, located in Ulyanovsk, Russia. City of Ulyanovsk is situated on the Volga River, about 440 miles east of Moscow and has a population of 700,000...

, Russia.

He received his Kandidature (PhD) from Leningrad University (1989), and was awarded the degree of Dr. Sci. in Philosophy from Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow) in 1988. He has been on the faculty of Philosophy at Kazan University since 1979 until 1993. He has been the Senior Research member at the Institute of Philosophy (Moscow) in 1987–88. Since 1993 he is at Ulyanovsk branch of Moscow State University

Moscow State University

Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...

 (Ulyanovsk-Simbirsk University), Department of Philosophy, The Dean of the Humanities (1993 – October, 1995).

The scope of his research includes history

History of science

The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....

 and philosophy of science

Philosophy of science

The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...

, especially history of logic

History of logic

The history of logic is the study of the development of the science of valid inference . Formal logic was developed in ancient times in China, India, and Greece...

 in Russia and the USSR, philosophy of logic

Philosophy of logic

Following the developments in Formal logic with symbolic logic in the late nineteenth century and mathematical logic in the twentieth, topics traditionally treated by logic not being part of formal logic have tended to be termed either philosophy of logic or philosophical logic if no longer simply...

 and philosophy of mathematics

Philosophy of mathematics

The philosophy of mathematics is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations, and implications of mathematics. The aim of the philosophy of mathematics is to provide an account of the nature and methodology of mathematics and to understand the place of...

, epistemology, and political philosophy

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it...

.

He is a winner of USSR Academy of Sciences prize for young researchers (1985), Kazan University First prize (1989), International Science Foundation winner (1994), British Academy

British Academy

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 Fellow (1998).

In 2002 V.A. Bazhanov was elected corresponding member and in 2009 as full member of Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences in Brussels

Brussels

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.

Articles

• The Fate of One Forgotten Idea: N.A.Vasiliev and His Imaginary Logic. In: Studies in Soviet Thought, 1990, vol.39, N 3–4, pp. 333–341.
• Shadow Science in the Soviet Union. In: Philosophy and Social Action, 1991, Vol. 17, No. 3–4, pp. 89–99.
• C.S. Peirce's Influence on the Logical Work of N.A.Vasiliev. In: Modern Logic, 1992, vol. 3, N 1, pp. 45–51.
• The Imaginary Geometry of N.I. Lobachevsky and Imaginary Logic of N.A. Vasiliev. In: Modern Logic, 1994, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 148–156.
• Toward the Reconstruction of the Early History of Paraconsistent Logic: the prereiqusites of N.A.Vasiliev's Imaginary Logic. In: Logique et Analyse, 1998, Vol. 161–162–163, pp. 17–20.
• Philosophy in Post-Soviet Russia (1992–1997): Background, Present State, and Prospects. In: Studies in East European Thought, 1999, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 1–23.
• The Rationality of Russia and Rationality of the West. In: Rationalitat und Irrationalitat. Beitrage des 23 Internationalen Wittgenstein Symposiums. 13–19 August 2000. Kirchberg am Wechsel, 2000. Band 1. S. 58–63.
• Lobachevsky, Nicolas I. In: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2000.
• The Origins and Emergence of Non-Classical Logic in Russia (Nineteenth Century until the Turn of the Twentieth Century). In: Zwischen traditioneller und moderner Logik. Nichtklassische Ansatze. Mentis-Verlag, Paderborn, 2001, S.205–217.
• Restoration: S.A. Yanovskaya's Path in Logic. In: History and Philosophy of Logic, 2001, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 129–133.
• The Scholar and the "Wolfhound Era": The Fate of Ivan E. Orlov's Ideas in Logic, Philosophy, and Science. In: Science in Context, 2003, vol. 16, N 4, pp. 535–550.
• "Out the Logic of Times…"Anti-Globalization Trends and Factors in Russia. In: Europe (Warsaw), 2002, No. 2(3), pp. 79–94 (in Russian).
• Logic and Ideologized Science Phenomenon (case of the USSR). In: Essays in the Foundation of Mathematics and Logic. Vol. 1. Milano: Polimetrica, 2005. pp. 25–36.
• V.I. Shestakov and C. Shannon: Different Fates of One Brilliant Idea Authors. In: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniya i tekhniki, 2005, No. 2, pp. 112–121 (in Russian).
• Life and Work of Pioneer of Mathematical Logic Studies in Russia P.S. Poretsky. In: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniya i tekhniki, 2005, No. 4, pp. 64–73 (in Russian).
• The Birth of Philosophy of Science in Russia. In: Voprosy Philosopii, 2006, No. 1, pp. 128–134 (in Russian).
• Non-Classical Stems from Classical: N. A. Vasiliev’s Approach to Logic and his Reassessment of the Square of Opposition // Logica Universalis, 2008, vol.2, N 1, p. 71 – 76.
• Social Milieu and Evolution of Logic, Epistemology, and the History of Science: The Case of Marxism// Epistemology and the Social /Ed. E. Agazzi, J. Echeverria, A.G. Rodriguez. Amsterdam - N.Y.: Rodopi, 2008. P. 157 – 169 (Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, N 96).
• Dialectical Foundations of Imre Lakatos Philosophy of Science // Voprosy Philosophii, 2008, № 9, p. 147 – 157 (in Russian).
• Proof as an Ethical Procedure // Science and Ethics. The Axiological Contexts of Science/ Eds. Agazzi E., Minazzi F. Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien. Peter Lang, 2008. P. 185 – 193.
• L’educazione come sistema complesso ed auto-evolutivo: il caso della Russia // Complessita dinamica dei processi educative. Appetti teorici e pratici. / A cura di F. Abbona, G. Del Re, G. Monaco (INVALSI). Milano, Franco Angeli, 2008. p. 194 – 199.
• Imre Lakatos and Philosophy of Science in the USSR//Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, 2009, N 1, p. 172 – 187 (in Russian).
• Unknown Lakatos //Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, 2009,N 2, p. 204 - 209 (in Russian).

Books

• The Completeness Problem in Quantum Theory: the Search for New Approaches. Kazan: Kazan Univ.press, 1983. Reviews: Philosophskie Nauki, 1984, N4; Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniya i Tekniki, 1986, N 3.
• Nicolas Alexandrovich Vasiliev (1880–1940). M: Nauka
  Nauka
  Nauka is a Russian publisher of academic books and journals. Established in the USSR in 1923, it was called USSR Academy of Sciences Publisher until 1963. Until 1934 the publisher was based in Leningrad, then moved to Moscow. Its logo depicts an open book with Sputnik 1 above it.Nauka was the main...
  
  , 1988. (in Russian). ISBN 5-02-005953-6 Reviews: Voprosy Philosofii, 1989, N9; Philosofskie Nauki, 1989, N9; Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznania i Techniki, 1989, N4; Science in the USSR, 1990, N6; Philosofska Mysl, 1990, N6 (Bulgaria); History and Philosophy of Logic, 1990, vol.11, N1; Modern Logic, 1990, vol.1, N1; Boletim da sociedade paranaense de mathematica, 1990, vol.11, N2; Metalogicon, vol.III, N 3/4.
• Science as a Self-Reflexive System. Kazan. Kazan Univ. press, 1991. (in Russian). ISBN 5-7464-0439-X Review: Voprosy Philosophii, 1993, N6.
• The Interrupted Flight. The History of "University" Philosophy and Logic in Russia. M.: Moscow Univ. press, 1995. (in Russian). ISBN 5-211-03407-4
• Essays on the Social History of Logic in Russia. Simbirsk-Ulyanovsk, Mid Volga Research Center, 2002. (in Russian). ISBN 5-7769-0027-1
• British Social and Philosophical Ideas in Russia (XIX –the turn of XX century). Simbirsk-Ulyanovsk, UlSU press, 2005. (in Russian). ISBN 5-88866-198-8
• The Reception of British Social and Philosophical Ideas in Russia in XVII - XIX centuries. St.Petersburg: St.Petersburg Centre for History of Ideas, 2007. (with T.V. Artemieva and M.I. Mikeshin). ISBN 5-7187-0711-1
• History of Logic in Russia and the USSR. Conceptual Context of University Philosophy. Moscow: Canon+, 2007. ISBN 5-88-373-032-9
• Nicolai A. Vasiliev and his Imaginary Logic. The Resurrection of One Forgotten Idea. Moscow: Canon+, 2009 (in Russian). ISBN 978-5-88373-196-8

External links

• Valentin A. Bazhanov's personal homepage
• Ulyanovsk State University and its Department of Philosophy
• Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (Bruxelles)