The concept of "whig history" had a powerful impact on Anglo-American historiography of science. Frequently it has been used as a tool for stigmatization of the "old views" represented in the so called "traditional" historiography of the Scientific Revolution. The article covers several debates, which occurred around the topic, and assumes, that historians of science cannot stop using the "classic" categories, which provide an important tool for understanding both the past and the present developments of science. Keywords: whig history, presentism, scientific revolution, science and religion, history of science. When Professor Zilli said: "Break the soporific magic of narrative. Ask yourself questions, ask yourself problems" - he may have done a service to his generation. But now it's time for the pendulum to swing in the opposite direction. George Trevelyan "Clio, The Muse" 1 The concept of "Whig history" and the history of science In 1931, the English historian Herbert Butterfield published a short book, "Interpretation of Whig History", presenting an analysis of several works on the political history of Great Britain. In his publication, G. Butterfield sought to demonstrate the ideological character of English political history, the vision of which directly depended on the political and religious preferences of its authors. In his opinion, "the Protestant- Trevelyan G.M. 1. Clio, a Muse, and Other Essays Literary and Pedestrian. London: Longmans Green and Co., 1913. P. 15. page 130practical historiography " constructed history in accordance with its own value preferences, which determine its various characteristics: history serves to justify the political structure; history considers the political structure as the result of long-term progressive development; history treats revolutions as events that radically and positively change the course of the historical process. Ultimately, the history written by Whigs was the history of those who "study the past from the p ... Read more