Head of the Department: Tsekhmistro Ivan Zakharovich, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Ukraine Science and Technology Honoured Man, Academician of Ukraine Political Science Academy and Corresponding Member of Ukraine Informatics Academy.
The Department was established in 1990. At that time it was the first philosophy department in the USSR of such a conceptual-theoretical subjects. The problem of scientic European culture spirituality crisis research and rationalistic paradigm in modern philosophy and science was underlain in the basis of the Department conception.

The Department cadre: for a time of its establishing - 7 staff members, today - 13,75.

At present the following faculty are working at the Department:

Head of the Department
Tsekhmistro Ivan Zakharovich
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Ontology-Epistemology-Philosophy of Science-Philosophy of Physics

Lecturers
Bilyk Yaroslav Mikhailovich
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Philosophy of Culture-Philosophy of History-Philosophy of Science
Biletskiy Igor Pavlovich
Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Epistemology-Philosophy of Science-Philosophy of Religion
Bezrodniy Andrei Gennadiyevich
Candidate of Philosophy, Senior Lecturer
Philosophy of Science- Philosophy of Biology
Kuts Galina Mikhailovna
Candidate of Philosophy, Senior Lecturer
Philosophy of Culture-Ontology
Pugach Boris Yakovlevich
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Philosophy of Science-History of Science
Sukovataya Victoria Anatoliyevna
Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Philosophy of Culture-Gender Studies
Filonenko Alexandr Semyonovich
Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Theology- Philosophy of Culture- Philosophy of Religion
Shkoda Vladimir Vasiliyevich
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
Philosophy of Culture-Social Philosophy
Pankov Georgiy Dmitriyevich
Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Philosophy of Religion-History of Christianity
Frolova Olga Vladimirovna
Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Philosophy of Culture- Philosophy of Education-Gender Studies
Zherebkina Irina Anatoliyevna
Doctor of Philosophy, Associate Professor
Gender Studies- Philosophy of Culture
Tararoyev Yakov Vladimirovich
Candidate of Philosophy, Lecturer
Epistemology- Philosophy of Science-Philosophy of Cosmology
Tumalevich Sergey Borisovich
Senior Lecturer
Philosophy of Biology- Philosophy of Religion

The Department active development is observed for more than ten years of its existence: 9 doctoral theses (A.V.Tyaglo, V.V.Shkoda, V.I.Shtanko, V.F.Sukhina, B.Y.Pugach, V.E.Chernikova, V.F.Cheshko, Y.M.Bilyk, I.A.Zherebkina) and 30 candidate theses. There are Postgraduate Studies and Doctoral Studies on four specialties at the Department: "Philosophical Anthropology and Philosophy of Culture", "Ukrainian Studies (Philosophical Sciences)", "Philosophy of Science", "Ontology, Gnoseology and Phenomenology".
The Department actively develops new scientific subjects, on which it takes the leading position in Ukraine: Holistic Philosophy of Science (Professor Tsekhmistro I.Z.); Gender Studies, held by Gender Studies Laboratory on the off-budget funds (Assistant Professor Zherebkina I.A.). There was provided the computerization, E-mail equipping and connection to the Internet at the Department. Annually the number of faculty stuff increases, who takes part in international scientific conferences, attends foreign universities, and the number of publications in English is also increased. The Department cooperates with Bulgarian Academy of Science Philosophy Institute (working at the Soros Foundation joint project "The Postmodern and Relational Holism"), Leeds University (England, Theology and Religion Studies, Russian and Slavonic Studies Department), Costern University (Oxford, England), Leyden University (Holland, international project "Ukrainian and Russian Religious Philosophy and the Ways of Modern West-European Idea Development: Opportunity of Dialogue"), St. Andrew's Biblical-Theological College (Moscow, Russia), and also with leading educational higher and scientific establishments of Kharkov and Ukraine as a whole. Specialized defending doctoral (candidate) theses scientific council on four specialties in the Philosophy field and Cultural Studies has functioned on the basis of the Department since 1993.
For 10-year term the work of the Department has been marked by the following
INNOVATIONS:
· The initiation at Kharkov National University and Kharkov studies in the area on Gender subjects - Associate Professor I.Zherebkina. For today Gender Studies Laboratory at the Department and Kharkov Center for Gender Studies (Associate Professor I.Zherebkina) function as a coordinator of Gender Studies in the former USSR.
· The organization of "Gender Studies" journal - Associate Professor I.Zherebkina - 8 issues.
· The organization of editions of the almanac "The Second Navigation. (Philosophy. Cultural Studies. Literature Studies)". The editor-in-chief
Associate Professor M.Blyumenkrants. - 3 issues.
· The initiation of the topic studies "The Postmodern and Relational Holism in Philosophy of Science: Comparative Studies" - professor I.Tsekhmistro, Associate Professor I.Biletskiy, Professor V.Shtanko.
· Science and Theology: The Time of Dialogue - Associate Professor A.Filonenko, Professor I.Tsekhmistro.
· The post-time work in foreign high school - Associate Professor A.Filonenko, Biblical-Theological College (Moscow).
· "The Bench of the Philosopher " in "The Day" All-Ukrainian newspaper - Professor V.Shkoda.
· Quantum correlation implicative-logic nature research - Professor I.Tsekhmistro: articles in "Physical Science Progress" journal, v.171, N 4, 2001; "Physics - Uspekhi", vol.44, * 4, London, "Filosofska Dumka" ("Philosophical Thought"); the book: Tsekhmistro I.Z. Holistic Philosophy of Science (Sumy: the University Book), 2002.
Geography of participation of the Department members in international congresses, conferences, seminars, etc.
Berlin - V.F.Sukhina
Besr-Sheva - Y.Botsman, I.Tsekhmistro
Bialystok - V.Sukovataya, J.Bilyk
Bishkek - I.Zherebkina
Boston - M.Blyumenkrants
Bratislava - I.Tsekhmistro
Budapest - M.Baitalsky, I.Zherebkina, V.Sukovataya, I.Tsekhmistro, V.Shtanko
Hamburg - V.Sukovataya
Innsbruck - M.Blyumenkrants
Istanbul - Y.Botsman, D.Gordevskiy
Leeds - A.Filonenko, M.Blyumenkrants
Leyden - M.Blyumenkrants
Lodz - V.Sukovataya
Minsk - A.Filonenko, I.Zherebkina, V.Sukovataya
Moscow - J.Tararoev, O.Filonenko, I.Tsekhmistro
Munich - M.Blyumenkrants
Penn - M.Blyumenkrants
Skope - V.Sukovataya
St.-Petersburg - V.Sukovataya, I.Tsekhmistro, I.Zherebkina
Tampere - I.Zherebkina
Teheran - D.Gordevskiy, I.Tsekhmistro
Tel Aviv - Y.Botsman, D.Gordevskiy
Warsaw - I.Tsekhmistro
Washington - V.Sukovataya
All the 39 foreign scientific trips were held by the Department member at the expense of the receiving side only that testifies that the Department members and their research are of interest for foreign partners.
Telephone: +38 - (0572) - 707-55-72
E-mail: Ivan. Z.Tsekhmistro@univer.kharkov.ua
Fax: +38 - (0572)-140-929