Sergey Mareev and "philosophy of science"

The paper presents the author’s view on the role and significance of the works of a major Russian scientist Sergey Nikolaevich Mareev. The influence of Mareev’s philosophical works on the author’s research in the field of the history of science is described. An attempt is made to evaluate the contribution of S. N. Mareev to the development of the method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete. Examples are given that demonstrate the fruitfulness of applying the method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete to solve the problems of pedagogy and historical science. Special attention is paid to Mareev’s critical analysis of the current state of philosophy of science. The works of S. N. Mareev on the dialectics of the logical and historical are the Foundation on which it is possible to explicitly and clearly reveal the reasons for the failure of the philosophy of science of the XX century in solving its own tasks.