Защо Иван Д. Шишманов е последовател на сравнително-историческия метод?
Why was Ivan D. Shishmanov a follower of the comparative history method?

Summary/Abstract: The author points to and analyzes the factors contributing to shaping the attitude of Ivan D. Shishmanov as a supporter of the comparative history method: as a young student I. Shishmanov got acquainted with the migration school and the scientific views of Theodor Benfay; he was attracted to philological works in his “poetic“ period; Mihail Dragomanov had influenced him; he experienced the beneficial impact of the academic environment in Bulgaria and abroad where this method was applied; he went to the lectures of Wilhelm Wundt on national psychology in Leipzig; his knowledge about experimental psychology, along with writing and defending a dissertation in this field. The author pays attention to the creative approach of Ivan Shishmanov in applying the comparative history method and to the contributions of the Bulgarian scholar in using this method.

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