APPLIED PHILOSOPHY: EPISTEMOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE AND BLACK HOLES

The present article substantiates the point about applied nature of philosophy of science. The argument consists in the proposition about interaction between levels and forms of both scientific knowledge and cognition, which enrich and stimulate each other. Acceptability of this statement is demonstrated by means of the example dealing with exploration of black holes. It is stated that there is no substantially exhaustive and empirically corroborated theory of black holes, but it is compensated by existing heuristic scientific problems and coherent hypotheses. The author argues that exploration of black holes enlarges prospects of ontology and epistemology. Key words: applied philosophy, philosophy of science, epistemological structure of science, scientific problem, hypothesis, black holes.