AN ANALYTICAL VIEW ON THE NARRATIVITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL HERITAGE OF N. S. YULINA

Annotation

The article examines N. S. Yulina’s views on the narrativity of consciousness through the prism of analytical philosophy. The significant influence of Yulina on the formation of the Russian tradition of analytical philosophizing is noted, her academic contribution and role in the formation of modern researchers are outlined. Yulina, through an analysis of the philosophy of D. Dennett and his ideas about the narrative self, offers a critical interpretation of the positions stated by the author. The article reveals the characteristic features of AngloAmerican philosophical naturalism, presented in the works of Yulina: focus on natural sciences, causal closure of the Universe, ontological monism. The argumentative basis of Yulina for identifying implicit metaphysics in the naturalistic philosophy of Dennett is considered, and the procedural evolutionist nature of the proposed solution is emphasized. It is shown that the narrative self in the stated ontology is a functional part of the evolutionary machine. The practical usefulness of the perspective of considering the ontological positions of Dennett, proposed by Yulina, is revealed, primarily for the theoretical and methodological foundations of psychotherapeutic activity. The epistemological consequences of the metaphysical system are described, and the role of culture and language is emphasized. The practical significance of Dennett’s position on narrative practices, identified by Yulina, is indicated, in particular, the return of dialogue psychotherapy to legitimacy within the framework of a naturalistic picture of the world.

Keywords

N. S. Yulina, D. Dennett, philosophy of mind, narrative, naturalism

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Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда № 24–28–
00295, https://rscf.ru/project/24–28–00295/; Русская христианская гуманитарная академия
им. Ф. М. Достоевского