Filtry Słowiańszczyzny. Prolegomena (Część I)

The main aim of the article is to reflect on the features which define Slavic studies as a scientific discipline and to trace how they can, as an autonomous discipline, meet the challenge of developing their own research method. I put forward a the¬sis according to which Slavic studies constitute a kind of research filter whose application (due to its properties and origins, i.e., specialization in the area of Slavic observations) allows for a more accurate study within the space of culture thanks to a more valid (i.e., wider and deeper) recognition of the specific pattern resulting from the presence of Slavs in European history. The article aims to prove that in order for an unobjectionable distinction of Slavic studies as a specialized discipline to emerge, their hermeneutical character must be recognized. Slavic studies as a hermeneutical filter can enter into scientifically fertile and satisfactory correlations with other disciplines and scientific fields, thanks to which they gain a significant extension of their own research procedure.