The department employs four Doctors of Philosophical Sciences who can serve as supervisors for PhD students, including international candidates:
Yakiv Volodymyrovych Tararoiev graduated from Kharkiv State University in 1996 (Department of Astronomy); completed postgraduate studies at Kharkiv National University in 2001. He defended his PhD thesis, “Gnoseological Problems of Early Universe Cosmology,” specializing in 09.00.09 – Philosophy of Science (2002). In 2010, he defended his doctoral dissertation, “Ontological Foundations of Modern Physics and Cosmology,” earning the degree of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences in the specialty 09.00.09 – Philosophy of Science (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University). He was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2005 and Professor in 2012.
Research interests: philosophy of science, philosophical aspects of cosmology, history of cosmological views and astronomy, history and philosophy of physics, ontological foundations of scientific knowledge, forms and methods of the genesis of scientific knowledge, sociocultural foundations of science. An expert in the field of philosophy of science, he specializes in the problems of the ontology of science, primarily physics and cosmology. He is the author of an original concept regarding the ontological foundations of modern natural-scientific knowledge, according to which natural reality reflected in theory is a construct of the human mind consisting of elements of theoretical and practical activity.
Olga Oleksiivna Dolska graduated from M. Gorky Kharkiv State University in 1990 with a degree in Philology. She later completed postgraduate studies at the Department of Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, defending her PhD thesis, “The Metaphor of ‘Home’ in the Semiotic Model of European Culture,” in 2003 (specialty 09.00.04 – Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture). After doctoral studies at the Department of Philosophy of H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, she defended her doctoral dissertation, “Transformation of Rationality in the Field of Education,” in 2010, earning the degree of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences in the specialty 09.00.10 – Philosophy of Education. She was awarded the title of Professor in 2012.
Research interests: philosophical rationality, epistemology, philosophy of education, philosophical anthropology, philosophy of modern society. She specializes in: rationality, epistemology, post-phenomenology, rationality in education, and education in the information society. She is the author of the concept regarding the dependence of teaching philosophy on the dominant type of rationality.
Iliana Viktorivna Vladlenova graduated from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in 2002 (Department of Astronomy) and completed her postgraduate studies at the Department of Theory of Culture and Philosophy of Science at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. She defended her PhD thesis, “Sociocultural Status of Astrology,” in the specialty 09.00.04 – Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture (2006). She was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2011. In 2014, she defended her doctoral dissertation, “Strategies for Transforming the Foundations of Post-Non-Classical Science (Based on Cosmomicrophysics),” earning the degree of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences in the specialty 09.00.09 – Philosophy of Science.
Research interests: philosophy of science, philosophical aspects of cosmology, history and philosophy of physics, sociocultural foundations of science, political philosophy, philosophy of law, philosophical problems of geopolitics, manipulation of public opinion, and information influences.
Nataliia Borysivna Hodz graduated from H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv State Pedagogical Institute in 1992 as a “Teacher of Biology and Chemistry.” In 1994, she graduated from Kharkiv State University as a professional psychologist. From 1999 to 2003, she pursued postgraduate studies, after which she successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Cultural Stereotypes in Ukrainian Folk Tales,” earning the degree of Candidate of Philosophical Sciences in 2004 (specialty 09.00.04 – Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Culture). She was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2007. In 2019, at the H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine in Kyiv, she defended her doctoral dissertation, “Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Futurology,” receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences in the specialty 09.00.09 – Philosophy of Science.
Research interests: philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture, philosophy of science, philosophical aspects of futurology, history of futurology and retrofuturology, cultural stereotypes, identity, and folklore. She specializes in cultural stereotypes, futurology, ecology, and retrofuturology. She is the co-author of an original concept of ecological futurology, according to which natural reality can be studied and predicted to a certain extent at any stage. She researches the specifics of national and ethnic character traits and conducts their comparative analysis.
The Department of Philosophy welcomes all individuals wishing to pursue scientific activities in the specialty В10 – Philosophy, regardless of their undergraduate background. Philosophy truly offers such an opportunity: most modern philosophical research is based on an interdisciplinary approach. Consequently, our department hosts lawyers and law lecturers (who write dissertations on legal topics, philosophy of law, and political philosophy); military personnel (researching “hybrid wars,” geopolitical influence factors, and management methods); chemists (researching philosophical problems of natural science); and yoga instructors (cultural aspects of yoga). Additionally, international students from China join our PhD program to continue their Master’s research from a philosophical perspective, studying Marxism, China’s geopolitical influence, and the philosophy of education. PhD students with a foundational education in philosophy explore problems of logic, analytical philosophy, philosophical anthropology, and the philosophy of culture.