CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS OF HISTORICAL SCIENCE IN UKRAINE IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Abstract

In the proposed article, an attempt was made to highlight the features of the conceptual apparatus of historical science in Ukraine in the light of modern methodological searches, one of the essential aspects of which is the question of the specificity and potential of scientific knowledge. In particular, the efforts and achievements of Ukrainian scientists in the study and understanding of the process of formation of the conceptual apparatus of historical science in Ukraine are highlighted. They characterized both «weaknesses» and achievements in the scientific activity of domestic historians-scientists in the field of developing the terminology system of their studies, traced the reasons for the lack of unity among them regarding several topical issues, first of all, the specifics of historical knowledge, as well as outlined the urgency and promising ways overcoming these problems at different theoretical and methodological levels. The opinion is substantiated that the definition of key concepts of historical science and their proper rethinking, coordination, unification, and redefinition according to the needs of time and the development of world science is essential for a professional historian. At the same time, it is shown that historical science, not only on the territory of Ukraine but also in the world in general, largely did not accept the achievements of science in the field of logic and renewal of the foundations of cognitive activity, perception of the world as a system, etc. The necessity of rethinking its foundations by modern historical science is revealed in connection with revolutionary changes in modern science and technology development, which forms the prerequisites for another cognitive turn. n this context, the definition of the concept of «history,» which is central for historians, as well as the related concepts of «historical fact,» «historical regularity,» «methodological canon,» etc., needs to be rethought by Ukrainian historians.