On the Nature of Communicative Nature of Thinking

In: Obščestvo: filosofija, istorija, kulʹtura = Society : philosophy, history, culture, Heft 6

Abstract

The goal of the present research is to substantiate the position on the communicative nature of thinking. To achieve the set goal, the concepts of "thinking" and "communication" were analyzed. There is also provided a terminological note with regard to the usage of the concept of "autopoiesis" in the works of H. Maturana, F. Varela, N. Luhmann и E. Thompson. In the framework of the research, the author elaborates an idea that the genesis of any thinking is determined by its communicative nature. Communications play a sensemaking and formative role in the process of thinking. The author interprets thinking as an autopoiesic process, where communications provoke it to expression in various forms. The proposed author's interpretation of the communicative space and time on the basis of N. Luman's theory of communication allows to structure social reality and identify the factors of determination of mental and cognitive characteristics in the ethnocultural context. The main research methods are the method of dialectical analysis as well as a comparative approach.