History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE UNIVERSITY COURSE OF HISTORY OF PHYSICS. PART II V.N. Knyazev, V.A. Il’in, V.V. Kudryavtsev The philosophical and methodological issues of theory of relativity, relativistic cosmology, the philosophical signifi cance of anthropic cosmological principle are considered. The paradigm of self-organization and synergetics are told. The philosophical and methodological aspects of fundamental interactions and their unity are described. The content of philosophical and methodological issues and variants of their inclusion in the university course of history of physics are discussed. Keywords: theory of relativity; relativistic cosmology; synergetics; anthropic cosmological principle; paradigm of self-organization; grand unifi ed theory. Contacts: E-mail: minjar@mail.ru, Е-mail: kudV-V@yandex.ru Pp. 098-106.