Bonifaty Mikhailovich Kedrov (russian: Бонифа́тий Миха́йлович Ке́дров; ,

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– 10 September 1985,

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) was a

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researcher,

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logician Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...

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and

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who was a specialist in the philosophy of

dialectical materialism Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of science, history, and nature developed in Europe and based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxist dialectics, as a materialist philosophy, emphasizes the importance of real-world con ...

. Son of the

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

leader Mikhail Kedrov, he himself joined the Bolsheviks in 1918. Kedrov had a

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of Philosophy degree and specialized in philosophical questions of the natural sciences. He was a member of the

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since 1966, author of over one thousand publications. Since 1963, Kedrov was a member of the

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and a number of other institutions. Kedrov was one of the initiators and the first editor-in-chief of '' Problems of philosophy'' (Voprosy filosofii), a leading Soviet journal of philosophy, from 1947 to 1949.

Publications

* ΄΄The Science'' (1968) in association with

Alexander Spirkin __NOTOC__ Alexander Georgyevich Spirkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Гео́ргиевич Спи́ркин; 24 December 1918– 28 June 2004) was a Soviet and Russian philosopher and psychologist. He was born in Saratov Governorate and graduate ...

References

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