Social philosophy methods as a practical science
The Reconstruction of Research Methods in Social Philosophy is Carried out, the Possibility of Transformation of the Socio-Philosophical Paradigm is Discussed, the Tendencies of Transformation of the Socio-Philosophical Methodology based on the Provisions of Practical Science are Revealed: Subjectivization of the Scientific Paradigm; the Application of Certain Principles of the Objectivist Paradigm as an Additional Methodology (Middle-Level Theory); the Inclusion of the Ideological (Moral and Ethical) Component as Mandatory, the Synthesis of Figurative and Conceptual Thinking, the Probabilistic Nature of the Knowledge Obtained. The Subjectivization of the Socio-Philosophical Paradigm is Caused, According to the Author, firstly, by the Development of Post-Non-Classical Science, secondly, by a Strong «Cultural Program» of the Social Sciences, and thirdly, the Weak Explanatory Power of the Objectivist Paradigm for Describing a Whole Complex of Transitional States that Modern Society is Experiencing. The Possibility of Overcoming the Multiparadigmality of the Methodology of Socio-Philosophical Research by Integrating the Methodology of the Middle Level, which is Actively used in Practical Philosophy, is Substantiated. The Possibilities of Integrating the Middle-Level Theory into the New Methodology are Discussed on the Example of the Essayist Method. The Essence of this Method is to Construct the Author's the Image-Concept of Society and its Interpretation in the Essayist Style, but using the Appropriate Conceptual Characteristics, Based on Imaginative Thinking. In Creating an Image-Concept and its Interpretation, a Number of Methods are Synthesized: Metaphorization, Analogy, Hermeneutical Method, etc.