TY - JOUR
TI - Elements of positivism in the Ukrainian philosophy and culture of the second half of the 19th century
AU - Artyukh, Vyacheslav
TI - Elements of positivism in the Ukrainian philosophy and culture of the second half of the 19th century
AB - 
	This article addresses the appropriation of positivist thought by Ukrainian intellectuals in the second half of the nineteenth century, in particular in the field of philosophy of history. By discussing elements of positivist thought in the works of Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ivan Franko and Pantaleimon Kulish, the author argues that all three were under direct influence of positivist thought, but none of them was a blind adherent of positivism. Positivism particularly influenced their thinking about history and the issue of determinism. Importantly, it was not the French positivism of Auguste Comte whose ideas were adopted, but rather the English positivism of Henry Thomas Buckle and John Stuart Mill.
VL - 2017
IS - 16 (2017)
PY - 2017
SN - 2451-3202
C1 - 2543-702X
SP - 269
EP - 301
DO - 10.4467/2543702XSHS.17.011.7712
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-historiae-scientiarum/article/elements-of-positivism-in-the-ukrainian-philosophy-and-culture-of-the-second-half-of-the-19th-century
KW - history; Mykhailo Drahomanov; Ivan Franko; philosophy; positivism; progress; Pantlejmon Kulish; Ukraine