Philosophy of State: Problems of Scientific Identification

Abstract

The article analyzes the existing in modern science approaches to the study of the issues related to the state, laying emphasis on the necessity of philosophical interpretation of these issues within a new scientific discipline - philosophy of the state. The author suggests to begin with the recognition of the autonomous status of the interdisciplinary subject of philosophy of the state when defining content structure and logic arrangement of its elements. The content of the discipline should be considered on the basis of the triunity of epistemological, ontological and axiological foundations of the state. The article highlights the prospects of institutionalizing the philosophy of the state as an ideological discipline that contributes to the process of fundamentalization of science and higher education in the modern world. The formation of the specific branch of science about state «state studies» has been determined as a promising direction for further research and philosophy of the state would lay philosophical foundation of the new scope of scientific investigation.