ИСТИНА

The analysis of the history of physics shows that two traditional approaches – presentism and antiquarism – do not lead to satisfactory history of physics. Following the presentist approach, historians are forced to rewrite the history of physics with a change in the form of physical knowledge. In antiquarian approach an obsolete form is absolutized to the detriment of the essence of physical theories that is also unacceptable. Therefore the third approach should be applied – to perform epistemological critical analysis of modern physical knowledge, and then, based on such analysis, to carry out historical research of the original works of scientists.