Vladimir Mironov Obituary

Vladimir Mironov (1953-2020) was born in Moscow in a family of workers, after graduating school in 1970 he tried to enter the philosophy department of Moscow State University. Lacking points, he went to work as a turner, then served in the military. In 1974, after completing preparatory courses, he entered Moscow State University. After graduating from the Faculty of Philosophy and postgraduate studies at the Department of Diamat, he was invited to stay teaching. Since 1981, he has worked at Moscow State University as a junior researcher, teacher, and a senior teacher. After defending his Ph.D. thesis "Dialectical-materialistic foundations of criticism of the concepts of scientism and anti-scientism" he was elected associate professor (1988) and became deputy dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. In 1997 he defended his doctoral dissertation "Science and philosophy in the system of worldview orientations of modern culture." Professor (1998).
In 1998, Vladimir Mironov was elected Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, at the same time, since 1998, he has headed the Department of Ontology and Theory of Knowledge. In 2008 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. "Honored Professor of Lomonosov Moscow State University" (2009).
Vladimir Mironov was vice president of the Russian Philosophical Society; member of the RAS Scientific Council on the methodology of artificial intelligence; member of the Council of the Human Institute at Moscow State University; Chairman of the Dissertation Council at Moscow State University; Chairman of the Council of the Association of Philosophical Faculties and Departments of Classical Universities of Russia (AFFO); editor-in-chief of the journal “Bulletin of Moscow University. Series 7 Philosophy "; Deputy Chairman of the Editorial Board of the journal "Philosophy, Methodology and History of Science"; a member of the editorial board of the journals "Bulletin of the Russian Philosophical Society", "Philosophical Sciences", "Domestic and Foreign Pedagogy", a member of the editorial board of the journals "Problems of Philosophy", "Metaphysics", "Alma mater. Graduate School Bulletin"," VIVA SCIENTIA ".