The future of modern philosophy of science and metaphilosophy

The article focuses on the future of the modern philosophy of science and is somewhat inspired by the discussion on the analytical version of metaphilosophy on the pages of «Epistemology and Philosophy of Science» (2019, vol. 56, no. 2). The selection of articles published in the issue generally gives a fairly complete picture of the conceptual abilities of the analytical metaphilosophical trend in thinking on the problems of modern philosophy. However, according to the author, both the metaphilosophical research and discussion of the representatives of analytic philosophy, in this case, are largely immersed in the «internal» problems of the analytic philosophy. That is, their reflection on the future of philosophy is reduced to the analysis of methods, associated with the turn of analytical tradition to metaphysical problems. As a result, the core question of «philosophy of philosophy» - what are the features of the changing reality that force us to look for new ways of its philosophical comprehension today - is actually ignored. According to the author, the philosophy of science is in need of the same kind of discussion because by now it has actually lost its connection with the reality of modern scientific practices. The article attempts to identify some metaphilosophical prospects of the modern philosophy of science that deserve consideration and reflection.