Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector8181010.17816/kazmj81810Research ArticleMechanicism and idealism in the philosophical works of Prof. A. F. SamoilovPuchkovN. V.<p>private associate professor</p>info@eco-vector.com15051931274-53523610410202104102021Copyright © 1931, Eco-Vector1931<p>There are people who, by their figure, the direction of their creativity, are characteristic of a particular epoch in the history of science. In them, as if in a crystallized form, the achievements and successes of science in a given period are combined, and they also contain all the shortcomings and misconceptions of their time. Such figures are usually big people and big names who have left a mark in the field of science. Undoubtedly, the late A. F. Samoilov also belongs to such people.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив