Handwritten Candidate Works of Kyiv Theological Academy Students as Sources for Studying the Academy’s Philosophical Heritage
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2019
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Tkachuk, Maryna
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This article is devoted to determining the source potential of the so-called dissertations
collection of the Kyiv Theological Academy (Fund no. 304 of the Manuscript Institute
of the V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine) in the study of its philosophical
heritage. The author draws attention to the distinction of the hierarchy of educational
and academic degrees in the Russian Empire (candidate’s, master’s, doctoral) the first,
candidate’s degree, not being a research degree, from today’s hierarchy. The candidate’s
degree at that time was awarded to graduates of higher education institutions on the
basis of their academic achievements and a final (candidate) work, which should be
considered analogous to a diploma (qualification) work, not to dissertations intended
for public defense for a PhD degree. The article reveals that the collection of candidate
papers from the Manuscript Institute contains important sources for researchers
of biographies of the graduates of the Kyiv Theological Academy (including many
prominent individuals), its history, and academic heritage. Out of more than two
thousand manuscripts stored in the Funds no. 304, the author has for the first time
selected and systematized an array of candidate works on philosophical subjects (more
than 100 units), substantiating their important role in the research of the philosophical
heritage of the Kyiv Theological Academy.
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Kyiv Theological Academy, Manuscript Institute, V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine, candidate works, philosophy, theology, article
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Tkachuk M. Handwritten Candidate Works of Kyiv Theological Academy Students as Sources for Studying the Academy's Philosophical Heritage [electronic resource] / Tkachuk Maryna // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2019. - Issue 6. - P. 43-67. - https://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj189003.2019-6.43-67