Library

The library of the Institute for Philosophical Research has a rich collection of books and periodicals in the field of social and humanitarian sciences, which includes rare and extremely valuable old unique editions (some of them date from 1566), Husserliana succession, Boston Studies series, Synthese Language Library series and others.
The library was established in 1948 as an independent unit to the Institute of philosophy of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The book stock is organized accordingly the basic sections of the philosophical knowledge – Ontology, Epistemology, Logics, Philosophy and Methodology of Science, Ethics, Aesthetics, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, politics and law, as well as many editions from the range of science, economics, religion and culture.
The fund of the library amounts to 32 952 units, of which 24 929 books and 8023 periodicals. 7956 of the books and periodicals are in Bulgarian, 10 443 – in Russian, and the rest – in Slavic, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
The library has received as a donation the private library of the academic members Todor Pavlov and Spiridon Kazandziev.
Currently received periodicals are 78, from which 55 journals and 23 series in Bulgarian, Russian, other languages.
Trough book-exchange in the library are received journals from the Institutes of philosophy in Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and other South-East European countries.
From 2002 new books are cataloged electronically; in the future an electronic connection with the Central Library of BAS will be possible also, which will allow search in the entire BAS system.