Role of "History and philosophy of science" course of studies in human social cognition. Teaching experience

The article demonstrates the experience of teaching History and Philosophy of Science in Institution of Philosophy, the Russian Academy of Sciences. The author emphasizes the importance of social and cultural conditions, methodological and theoretical positions in teaching History and Philosophy of Science, reveals specific peculiarities of knowledge teaching and on the grounds of post-graduates works analysis concludes with positive influence of the course on research of theoretical and methodological problems in concrete object-spheres.