The Methodology of History of Problems in Lithuania

The article analyzes the application of the methodology of history of problems to the Lithuanian history of philosophy. The article's most important elements are: the objective historical understanding, which treats philosophy as the totality of objectively and universally functioning cognitional elements and excludes from the interpretation of the history of philosophy all subjective and metaphysical factors; the concept of the history of philosophy as a process of transformation of philosophical problems, which initiates the historical study and provides the material and the structures of the interpretation of the results; the historical reconstruction of the problematic situation as a constellation of theoretical elements motivating the creation of a new theory. in works of history of problems depicts the picture of progress of philosophy that involves the elements for paradigmatic changes. He presents the radical modification of the solution of problem as the formation of a new problematic situation, which is treated as paradigmatic for the solution of other remaining problems. This is the constellation of the elements, which substantiate a peculiar method of philosophical thinking (paradigm).