THE METATHEORETICAL SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TRUTH

Abstract

Aim. The article aims at analyzing the problem of truth of metatheoretical level of scientific knowledge. Methodology. With the help of the reconstruction method, the main structural units of metatheoretical knowledge in science are identified and briefly described: paradigm theories, scientific picture of the world, ideals and norms of scientific research, philosophical foundations of science. The specificity of the content and functions of each of these units is analyzed. One of the important consequences of this specificity is the absence of a uniform criterion of truth for different units of metatheoretical knowledge. Results. The multicomponent structure of the criteria of truth of various elements of metatheoretical knowledge is shown. A common component of these criteria is the consensus of the disciplinary community of the relevant field of science. Research implications consists in the development of a more specific theory than is available in the modern methodology of science, the theory of truth of the metatheoretical level of knowledge in science.