Foreword

Dr. Rinat M. Nugayev is a professor of dept. of humanities & social sciences at the Volga Region State Academy, Kazan 35, Universiade Village, 420138, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation. His book “Einstein’s Revolution: A Study of Theory Unification” exhibits an attempt to provide a rational reconstruction of Einstein’s Revolution that took place at the beginning of the XX^th century.

In my view, his attempt can be taken as interesting and successful but not least because the reconstruction is grounded on his lucid epistemological mature theory-choice model. The model tries to advance the ideas of Russian physicists and philosophers of science M.I. Podgoretzky and J.A. Smorodinsky that hinge upon the “cross-contradiction” concept. I reckon that Nugayev’s perspicuous account, embracing vast history of science stuff, is more convincing in many important respects than the corresponding eminent reconstructions of Thomas S. Kuhn, Imre Lakatos and their partisans.

The problem of scientific revolutions is still one of the most significant problems of the contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science, hence the author’s book is up to date. Thus, I uphold the view that Rinat M. Nugayev’s book should be published.