MARKSISTINĖ FILOSOFIJOS ISTORIOGRAFIJA LIETUVOJE: HORIZONTALUSIS REDUKCIONIZMAS
MARXIST HISTORIOGRAPHY OF PHILOSOPHY IN LITHUANIA: HORIZONTAL REDUCTIONISM

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the Marxist methodology of historiography of philosophy in lithuania. the so-called interpretative solipsism is characteristic of the horizontal reductionism. It enforces the conceptual apparatus of its own theoretical position upon the subject of research, without considering whether the terms of that apparatus have something in common with the content of the subject. There are different degrees of interpretative solipsism in the Lithuanian history of philosophy. Zaksas is a priori convinced that his own theory is impeccable and that the subject of inquiry is undoubtedly fallacious and theoretically worthless. Balčius and Griška pay more attention to the description of the subject of inquiry. They rely on the materialistic, atheistic and scientist aspects of Marxism. Lozuraitis and Mureika regard Marxism as quite a reliable method of solving some theoretical problems. Their approach is akin to the methodology of the history of problems. Keywords: historiography of philosophy, Marx¬ism, horizontal reductionism.

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