Modern Naturalism in Human Cognition – Future Human Image

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by Nargiz Medzhidova¹
¹ Baku State University (Baku, Azerbaijan)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/17/4
Received: 29 April 2022 / Accepted: 15 May 2022 / Published: 29 May 2022

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Abstract

The article examines modern naturalism in terms of the unification of knowledge in the field of natural and social sciences and humanities as a new look at the knowledge and solution of human problems. The need to revise approaches to human cognition is determined by the great achievements in the field of biological sciences, and neurobiology, neuropsychology, etc. One of the decisive factors in the turn of philosophical thought to a modern understanding of naturalism was a deep understanding of population and genetic mechanisms in the formation of complex structures of social behavior and life. Modern naturalism can be the solution to the many problems faced by the human beings now. Evolutionary thinking, which became widespread at the beginning of the 21st century because of great achievements in the field of evolutionary epistemology, psychology, economics, ethics, aesthetics, and other evolutionary areas, is today the basis of modern naturalism. It is impossible to investigate the problems of human cognition, as well as the need for solutions to humanities problems without considering human culture, art, and morality. From this point of view, the accumulated theoretical resource of the concepts of selforganization and global evolutionism is quite enough to consider these problems from this perspective. The need for a new naturalism is due to the latest advances in sciences that study the brain, mind, genes, and evolution. Naturalism allows you to stay within the scientific approach, so all research carried out within this approach has rigor and consistency of thought. Using evolutionary thinking as a basis, modern naturalism manifests itself in such directions as evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, and the evolutionary origin of language, culture, and art. As one of the most promising naturalistic programs, evolutionary epistemology argues that human cognition is possible only in an evolutionary biological context.

Keywords: evolution, thinking, language, culture, evolutionary epistemology, naturalism, human genome.

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Medzhidova, Nargiz (2022) Modern Naturalism in Human Cognition. Future Human Image, Volume 17, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/17/4

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