Curriculum
vitae
Name
Ilia (Ilya)
Patronymic
Teodorovitsch
Surname
Kassavine (Kasavin)
Date of
birth
November, 7, 1954
Place of
birth
Moscow, Russia
Family
status
married, two children
Nationality
(citizenship)
Russian
Office:
Moscow
119992,
Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Volkhonka
14, room 203.
School
education:
English high school in Moscow
(1962-1972).
Soviet
Army service
(1992-1994).
Foreign
languages:
English,
German
Research
interests:
epistemology
and philosophy of science, study of religion, history and theory
of culture, philosophical anthropology, cognitive sciences,
history of science.
Curriculum:
general epistemology; social epistemology; philosophy of
science; science and religion; interdisciplinary methods in
epistemology
Professional
education:
Philosophical faculty of the Moscow
State
University
(1975-1980).
M.A. (1980): Philosophical systems of Berkley
and
Fichte: A Comparative Study. Postgraduate studies at the
department for the history of philosophy (1980-1983).
Ph.D.(1983): Title of the dissertation: "Foundation of Paul
Feyerabends philosophy of science" (published as "Epistemology
captures by anarchy" (1987).
Doctor of
Philosophy habilitus (1990): the Title of dissertation:
"Tradition as sociocultural form of knowledge" (published as
"Knowledge in the world of traditions"(1990)
Professional activity:
Research and
teaching at the Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of
Sciences (Moscow), Department of epistemology (since 1983):
Research
fellow (1983-1987);
Senior
research fellow (1987-1990);
Leading
research fellow (1991-1998);
Research
director (1998-2003);
Head of
research group (1989-1992, 2003-2005);
Lecturer at
the Moscow
University, Department for the philosophy of science
(1989-1992);
General
Secretary of the Centre for the
Study
of German Philosophy in Moscow
(since 1993);
Assistant
Professor at the Russian Centre of Education in the Social
Sciences and Humanities (1997-1999);
Professor at
the Philosophical Faculty of the State
University
for Humanities
(since 1998);
Professor at
the University of the Russian
Academy
of Education
(since 1999);
Head of the
Department for Epistemology
and History of Philosophy, Russian
Academy
of Education
(since 2001);
Founder and
Editor in Chief of the “Epistemology & Philosophy of Science”,
journal of the Institute
of Philosophy
of the
Russian Academy
of
Sciences (since 2003).
Founder and Head of the Department of Social
Epistemology, Institute of Philosophy RAS (since 2005).
Activity abroad:
Lecturer at
the Universities of Delhi
and Bombay
(India,
1986);
Papers and
lectures at the Universities of: Sofia, Berlin, Bremen,
Budapest, Edinburgh, Greifswald, Gunsan, Kiel, London, Oxford,
Prague, Seoul, Trier, Warschaw, etc. (1982-2004);
Papers at:
World Congress
of Philosophy (Brighton, 1988);
International
School
of
Philosophy (Sofia, 1988);
Summer School
for Philosophy and Sociology of Science (Dubrovnik, 1990);
International
Congress for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
(Uppsala, 1991)
Research work
in Oxford
and Edinburgh
(1991,
1993);
Research work
in Kiel
and Eichstaett
(1992-1996);
Co-manager of
the joint research project of the Volkswagen Foundation
(Kiel-Moscow, 1994-1998).
Scientific award of the Russian Academy of
Sciences for young scholars (1987);
The George Soros
Foundation „Open Society“ fellowship (Moscow-Oxford, 1989-1990);
Visiting Senior
Member of Linacre (Oxford, 1991, 1993);
Research fellowship
of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Kiel, 1992-1994;
2001; 2003; Leipzig, 2005);
Research fellowship
of the Krupp Foundation (Eichstaett 1994-1996);
Research grant of the
Volkswagen Foundation (1994-1998);
Research fellowship
and publishing grant of the Russian Foundation for Fundamental
Research (1997-1999, 2000, 2003-2005);
Research fellowships
and publishing grants of the Russian State Social Sciences
Foundation (1997, 1998-1999, 2000-2002,
2002-2005);
Grant of the George
Soros Foundation „Open Society“ (director, Moscow 2001-2002).
Member of
Scientific Council of the Institute
of Philosophy, RAS;
Corresponding Member
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (election 2003).
Director of the GPSS
Project (2005-2006);
Member of
Qualification Council in epistemology, ontology, philosophy of
sciences and logic of the Institute
of
Philosophy
, RAS; Member
of Scientific Council for Methodology of Artificial Intellect
Studies, RAS.
Grant of the John
Templeton Foundation in Science & Spirituality: 2006, 2007-2009,
Director and Principal Investigator
Publications:
Over 250,
among them 9 monographs and 2 brochures, editor and author of 35
collective volumes.
Monographs:
1. Kasavin I. Epistemology captured
by anarchy. Moscow . 1987. 204 P. (Rus.)
2. Kasavin I., Soculer S. Rationality
in knowledge and practice. Moscow . 1989. 197 P. (Rus.)
3. Kasavin I. Knowledge in the world
of traditions. Moscow , 1990. 206 P.
(Rus.)
4. Kassavine I. Ansaetze zu der sozialen
Erkenntnistheorie. Bremen. 1997. 92 P.
(German)
5. Kasavin
I. Migration. Creativity. Text. Problems of the non-classical
theory of knowledge. Sankt-Peterburg,
1999. 407 P. (Rus.)
6. Kasavin
I. Traditions and interpretations. Essays in the historical
epistemology. Sankt-Peterburg, 2000.
316 P. (Rus.)
7. Kasavin
I. Social theory of knowledge. A reader for the university
students. Moscow 2001. 175 P. (Rus.)
8. Kassavine I. Soziale
Erkenntnistheorie. Migrationsmetaphern, Wissenstypen,
Textepochen. Nichtklassische Ansaetze. Olms Verlag, Hildesheim
2003. 291 S. (German)
9. Kasavin I.,
Schavelev S. Analysis of Alltaeglichkeit. Moscow, 2004. 431 P.
(Rus.)
List
of selected papers:
1.
George Berkeley as a critic of
science and methodology // International Congress for logic,
methodology and philosophy of science. Moscow, 1987 (Eng.)
2.
On the subject matter of the
social theory of knowledge // 9th International
Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of science,
Uppsala, 1991 (Eng.).
3.
In the former Soviet Union.
Studies in social epistemology // Social Epistemology, 1993, N 2
(Eng.).
4.
Zur deskriptiven Auffassung der Wahrheit // Allgemeine
Zeitschrift für Philosophie, 1994, Nr.3 (German).
5.
Oxford-1990: a case-study of the British philosophers //
Zeitschrift für allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, 1995, Nr.3
(Eng.).
6.
Berkeley revised: A new
metaphysics for the social epistemology // Epistemologia, 1996,
N 3 (Eng.).
7.
Zum
Begriff "Grenzerfahrung" // Wissenschaftliche und
ausserwissenschaftliche Denkformen, Moskau. 1996 (German).
8.
Zur geistigen Situation in Europas Osten. Diskussion mit
Ilia Kassavine und Wlodzimierz Borodziej. Frankfurt, 1996. 76 S.
(German)
9.
Russische Philosophie heute. Bremen, 1999. 25 S. (German)
10.
The Cross-roads-man: Knowledge
as Allegory // The Philosophical
Faculty. Nr 1. Moscow , 2000, 150-156 P.
(Rus.)
11.
Die Situation der Philosophie in Russland // Information
Philosophie, 2002, № 1 (German)
12.
Alltaeglichkeit: Diesseits
ansaessiger Erfahrung // The Scientific Community in Russia and
European Integration. Symposium der Alexander von
Humboldt-Stiftung. М., 2002 (German)
13.
How to construct the values of a new civilization //
Papers of the International Symposium “Philosophy and Society in
the 21st Century”. Seoul-Gunsan, 2004 ( Eng. )
14.
Problem and context. On the nature of philosophical
discourse // Voprosi filosofii, М.,
2004, № 12 (Rus.)
15.
World of science and Lebenswelt // Soziema, № 10, 2004
(Rus.)
16.
Epistemology and the Interdisciplinary Idea // Social
Sciences, № 2, 2005 (Eng.)
17.
Contextualism as a methodological program // Epistemology
& philosophy of science. 2005, № 4
(Rus.)
18.
Social Epistemology: the concept and problems //
Epistemology & philosophy of science. № 1, 2006 (Rus.)
19.
The problem of text: between epistemology and linguistics
// Epistemology & philosophy of science. № 2, 2006 (Rus.)
20.
Science and Other Forms of Thinking: An Emerging
Interdisciplinary Paradigm // Knowledge and Belief: Different
Cultural Approaches. Moscow, М., 2006
(Eng.)
21.
Discourse analysis as an interdisciplinary method of
humanities // Epistemology & philosophy of science. № 4,
2006 (Rus.)
22.
Meaning as a problem of epistemology and the sciences //
Epistemology & philosophy of science. № 3, 2007
(Rus.)
23.
On the origins of the communicative – semiotic approach
to consciousness. M. Bakhtin and J. Lotman // Philosophical
Sciences, № 12, 2007 (Rus.)
24.
Discourse analysis and its application in psychology //
Problems of Psychology, № 6, 2007 (Rus.)
A cosmological and epistemological
discourse in the theatre of William Shakespeare // Problems of
Philosophy. № 9, 2007 (Rus.)
Editor and
Author:
1.
Kasavin I. (Ed.) Non-scientifical
knowledge. Moscow
, 1987.
120 P. (Rus.)
2. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Cognitive
tradition. Moscow
, 1989. 146 P.
(Rus.)
3. Kasavin I.
(Ed.) Erring reason. Studies in the
non-scientific forms of cognition. Moscow , 1990. 464 P. (Rus.)
4. Kasavin I., Lektorsky W. (Eds.)
Activity. Theories, methodology, problems. Moscow , 1990. 366 P.
(Rus.), also English edition (1992, U.S.A. )
5. Kasavin
I. (Ed.) Magical crystal. Magic viewed by the scientists and
shamans. An Anthology. Moscow, 1992.
526 P. (Rus.)
6.
Kasavin I.
(Ed.) By the Time Punished.
Philosophical ideas in the contemporary Russian literature.
Moscow, 1992, 257 P. (Rus.)
7. Kasavin I., Lektorsky W. (Eds.)
Knowledge in the social context. Moscow , 1994. 176 P. (Rus.)
8. Hübner K.,
Kasavin I., Porus W. (Hgs.) Scientific
and non-scientific forms of thought, 1996, 328 P. (deutsch)
9. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Knowledge beyond
Science. An anthology. Vol. I. Moscow, 1996, 448 P. (Rus.)
10. Kasavin I., Porus V. (Eds.) Religion.
Magic. Myth. Contemporary philosophical studies. Moscow, 1997,
292 P. (Rus.)
11. Kasavin I., Porus V. (Eds.)
Philosophy of Science. Nr.5. The Annual. Moscow, 1999. 282 P.
(Rus.)
12. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Knowledge beyond
Science. An anthology. Vol. II. Moscow, 1999, 724 P. (Rus.)
13. Kasavin I., Porus V. (Eds.) Reason
and Existence. Moscow, 1999. 401 P. (Rus.)
14. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Uranus and Crones.
Chronotopos of the Human World. Moscow, 2001. 359 P. (Rus.)
15. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Agent. Cognition.
Activity. A jubilee volume for V. Lektorsky. M., 2002. 718 P.
16. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Human Being.
Science. Civilization. A jubilee volume for V. Stepin. M., 2004.
815 P.
17. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Knowledge and
Society. Proceeding of international symposium. M., 2005. 255 P.
18. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Science and Religion.
A comparative and interdisciplinary approach. M., 2006. 471 P.
19. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Language, Cognition,
Society. Problems of social epistemology. M., 2007. 180 P.
20-35. Kasavin I. (Ed.) Epistemology
& Philosophy of Science, 2004-2007, 16
volumes.
Translations (from
English and German into Russian):
1. Whitehead A.N. Philosophical
works. Moscow , 1990, 717 P.
(Rus., with co-authors)
2. Hübner K. Kritik der
wissenschaftlichen Vernunft. Moscow , 1995. 326 P. (Rus.)
3. Hübner K. Die Wahrheit des Mythos.
Moscow , 1996. 448 P. (Rus., with
co-authors).
4. Sandkühler H.J. Wirklichkeit des
Wissens. Geschichtliche Einführung in die Epistemologie und
Theorie der Erkenntnis. Moscow , 1996,
432 (Rus., with co-authors).
5. Hübner K. Das Nationale. Moscow,
2001. 399 P. (Rus.,
Ed.)
