Cultural evolution as a communicative model of convergent knowledge
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-3-142-154
Abstract
The article is devoted to the consideration of the thesaurus of cumulative cultural evolution as a communicative model of scientific convergence, ensuring the integration of natural scientific and humanitarian knowledge in the context of modern technological transition. The research problem consists in is the absence of universal conceptual tools that can ensure the alignment of disciplinary languages and the creation of a common semantic field for interdisciplinary communications. The methodological framework combines evolutionary constructivism, which interprets the development of knowledge as a process of active meaning-making, and constructive realism in interpretation of Vyacheslav Stepin, which emphasizes the necessity of correlating cognitive constructions with the objective structures of reality. The results show that the thesaurus of cumulative cultural evolution functions as a cognitive map of interdisciplinary connections, a tool for integrating the humanities and natural sciences, and also forms a kind of ontological focus of scientific communication. Particular attention is given to the concepts of the noosphere and ascending evolution, which provide a worldview foundation for reconciling scientific discourses. In conclusion the author suggests the thesaurus a model of scientific convergence, which may have prospects for application in communication studies, digital humanities, and the development of communicative strategies for the future of Russia.
About the Author
A. A. Indrikova
Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Indrikova Anastasia Alexandrovna – CandSc (Cult.), associate professor at the Department of World Culture, Institute of Humanities and Applied Sciences
119034, Moscow, Ostozhenka st., 38 bldg. 1
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Indrikova A.A. Cultural evolution as a communicative model of convergent knowledge. Communicology. 2025;13(3):142-154. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-3-142-154
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