THE POSITIVIST DOCTRINE IN THE HISTORICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL NARRATIVE BY DMYTRO BAHALIY

• Main Author: Mykola Haliv
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University 2016-05-01
• Series: Naukovì Zapiski Ternopìlʹsʹkogo Nacìonalʹnogo Pedagogìčnogo Unìversitetu Imenì Volodimira Gnatûka. Serìâ: Pedagogìka
• Subjects: Дмитро Багалій; позитивізм; метод індукції; багатофакторність; суспільний прогрес; ліберальна ідеологія
• Online Access: http://nzp.tnpu.edu.ua/article/view/81898

The article analyzes the influence of positivist ideas on the historical and pedagogical research of the famous Ukrainian scientist, historian, educator, public figure and academician Dmytrо Bahaliy (1857 – 1932) Among the most intellectual foundations in D. Bahaliys works about education, educational institutions and culture and education leaders, positivism, is defined as: 1) scientific approach, an escape of metaphysical compositions of idealistic and materialistic characters, but with the manifestation of religious, moral and idealistic connotations;2) biological terminology, organicism (seeking for organic links); 3) the source and factual principle of research, escape of subjective opinion as a way to achieve the objectivism; 4) focus on induction method and using inductive argumentation; 5) linear-phasic concept of the historical process and theory of progress; 6) multifactorial approach, with the emphasis on the importance of the cultural and educational factor, science, knowledge and ideas; 7) the ideology of liberalism with its educational and romantic and populist subjects.