Popov, E.A. Interdisciplinary experience in humanitarian research and modern sociology.

Abstract: The article draws attention to an issue that affects all branches of academic science – the integration of science. There are several viewpoints on this topic – some support the notion of self-sufficient spheres of social and humanitarian thought, others stress the necessity of close interaction of such spheres. This article provides a breakdown of positive and negative aspects of interdisciplinary interaction, drawing our attention to the special role of Sociology in the processes of integration of knowledge. Exemplifying this branch of thought, the author examines the methodological vector of interaction between Philosophy and Sociology, as well as Sociology and the entire mass of social and humanitarian knowledge. The conclusions drawn in this article have significance in terms of defining the object and the subject of various disciplines, as well as for formulating goals aimed to preserve the founding principles of scientific research which can be distorted within an interdisciplinary environment.

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