TOWARDS A HEURISTIC CONCEPTION OF THE SUBJECT IN THE COGNITIVE-EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2018. №3. Философия. Philosophy. - С. 13-23.

TOWARDS A HEURISTIC CONCEPTION OF THE SUBJECT IN THE COGNITIVE-EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH

DOI: 10.18101/1994-0866-2018-2-3-13-23 UDK: 165.0+1:316

The article studies the conditions for constructing the subject's heuristic conception on the basis of the cognitive-evolutionary approach synthesis in epistemology, the ideas of classical Marxist philosophy, the critical re-evaluation of its modern interpretations, and analyzes the views toward the phenomenon of subject in the latest philosophical theories. The importance of the categories of classical ontology in understanding the internal logic of unfolding the notions of subject in the era of «post-non-classical» sci- entific rationality is emphasized. Attention is paid to the influence of discussion about the subject of Soviet philosophy on the problems of subject in contemporary social philosophy. We have noted the closeness of the theoretical provisions of the philoso- phy of praxis, cultural-historical and post-structuralist versions of Marxism to the lat- est radical constructivist conceptions in their thematic intersection with evolutionary epistemology and universal evolutionism. The importance of the elements of function- al, heuristic explanation of the cognitive evolution of subject is substantiated.

subject; substance; cognitive evolution; evolutionary epistemology; univer- sal evolutionism; radical constructivism; actor-network theory; functionalism; com- puter metaphor; philosophical heuristics.