• A
  • A
  • A
  • АБВ
  • АБВ
  • АБВ
  • A
  • A
  • A
  • A
  • A
Обычная версия сайта
  • RU
  • EN
  • HSE University
  • Publications
  • Articles
  • Pragmaticism as a logical study of consciousness
  • RU
  • EN
Расширенный поиск
Высшая школа экономики
Национальный исследовательский университет
Priority areas
  • business informatics
  • economics
  • engineering science
  • humanitarian
  • IT and mathematics
  • law
  • management
  • mathematics
  • sociology
  • state and public administration
by year
  • 2027
  • 2026
  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 1997
  • 1996
  • 1995
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 1992
  • 1991
  • 1990
  • 1989
  • 1988
  • 1987
  • 1986
  • 1985
  • 1984
  • 1983
  • 1982
  • 1981
  • 1980
  • 1979
  • 1978
  • 1977
  • 1976
  • 1975
  • 1974
  • 1973
  • 1972
  • 1971
  • 1970
  • 1969
  • 1968
  • 1967
  • 1966
  • 1965
  • 1964
  • 1963
  • 1958
  • More
Subject
News
July 20, 2026
Scientists Create Open Dataset for Studying Concentration
A team of Russian researchers, including scientists from HSE University–St Petersburg, has developed the first open multimodal dataset containing recordings of brain activity, heart function, and video observations to help researchers understand what happens in the human brain during deep concentration. In the future, the dataset could accelerate the development of neural interfaces, rehabilitation technologies, and AI systems. The article has been published in Scientific Data.
July 20, 2026
‘Science Is Universal-It Knows No Borders
Fuad Aleskerov, Tenured Professor and Director of the International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis at HSE University, together with his colleagues, has developed methods of network analysis in bibliometrics that have made it possible to identify patterns in the appearance and citation of publications in academic journals, as well as their influence on each other. When one or a number of studies are frequently cited by a wide range of journals, this is an indicator that the research is of high quality. By contrast, extensive cross-citation within a limited group of journals increases the likelihood of identifying a network of predatory publications.
July 20, 2026
Scientists Propose Method for More Efficient Resource Use in Machine Learning
An international group of researchers, including mathematicians from the AI and Digital Science Institute at the HSE Faculty of Computer Science, has provided a theoretical justification for a simple and computationally efficient method of estimating uncertainty in Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD). The paper has been published on the scientific preprint server arXiv.org and presented at AISTATS 2026.

 

Have you spotted a typo?
Highlight it, click Ctrl+Enter and send us a message. Thank you for your help!

Publications
  • Books
  • Articles
  • Chapters of books
  • Working papers
  • Report a publication
  • Research at HSE

?

Pragmaticism as a logical study of consciousness

Cognitive Semiotics. 2021. Vol. 14. No. 1. P. 29–46.
Pietarinen A.

Pragmaticism states that general rules of action, or habits, are generalizing tendencies that lead us to action in conceivable situations describable in general terms. As a method of ‘putting questions to our minds,’ it assigns meanings to signs in terms of conceivable practical consequences for rational conduct. Questions are experiments on various ways of finding solutions in thoughts. This paper proposes pragmaticism as a logical method to study consciousness. In particular, perceptions of relations of differences create a “temporal contract” between states of minds that give rise to experiences. Peirce’s “dyadic consciousness” is this drafting of a contract between states of mind, anticipating and occasionally furthering beyond the key notions of 4E cognitive science.

Research target: Humanities Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Studies
Language: English
DOI
Text on another site
Keywords: consciousnesspragmaticism Existential Graphs4E cognitiontemporal contract
Publication based on the results of:
Interactive Rationality in Logic, Linguistics and Formal Philosophy (2021)
Similar publications
Поминки по славянофильству
Malinov A. V., Философические письма. Русско-европейский диалог 2026 Т. 9 № 2 С. 242–253
Book review: Alyaev Gennady, Obolevich Teresa. “We Russians are Generally Insufficiently Familiar with the Polish Question...”. Evgeny Trubetskoy and Marian Zdziechowski. Zielona Góra: Zielonogórski University Press, 2025. 302 p ...
Added: July 20, 2026
Арктическая повестка Китая и перспективы сотрудничества Китая и России в Арктике
Kharina O., Strelnikova I., Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies 2026 No. 18 (1) P. 233–242
This article focuses on the cooperation between Russia and China in the Arctic region. The aim of this study is to examine China’s current and prospective policies in the Arctic, as well as the potential for Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic following the onset of the special military operation in Ukraine, with an emphasis on ...
Added: July 19, 2026
Не только ἐπιχώρια διδάγματα: пайдейя Эпаминонда
Mozhaysky A., Schole. Философское антиковедение и классическая традиция 2026 Т. 20 № 2 С. 1105–1116
This article examines the education of Epaminondas, the most famous Theban military and political figure. However, in antiquity, Epaminondas was also renowned for his education and philosophical authority. The study demonstrates that Epaminondas' education encompassed a complex set of local teachings, which Pausanias describes as ἐπιχώρια διδάγματα. However, Epaminondas' education differed from that of most members ...
Added: July 17, 2026
Cognitive Distortions Are Not Logical Errors: A Conceptual Clarification
Denisova V., Petrović N., Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy 2026 Vol. 44 No. 35 P. 1–16
Cognitive distortions are routinely described in cognitive-behavioral (CBT) and rational-emotive behavior (REBT) therapies as “errors in logic” or “illogical thinking.” While this terminology is pedagogically convenient, it often obscures a crucial conceptual distinction between violations of logical inference and problems related to the justification, scope, or evaluative force of belief content. In this paper, we do not ...
Added: July 15, 2026
Научно-технологический потенциал стран Африки и Ближнего Востока в рамках БРИКС: возможности и интересы России
Kharina O., Strelnikova I., Шаталин К. С., Ученые записки Института Африки РАН 2026 Т. 12 № 2 С. 94–109
В работе рассматривается научно-технологический потенциал стран Африки и Ближнего Востока, вошедших в состав БРИКС в результате расширения объединения в 2024 г., а также анализируются возможности и интересы России в сотрудничестве с новыми членами БРИКС в рамках формата БРИКС+. Особое внимание уделяется дифференциации уровней научно-технологического развития стран региона, включая государства Залива, страны Северо-Восточной Африки и Южной ...
Added: July 15, 2026
Возможна ли христианская политика в секулярном мире? С.Н. Булгаков и К. Барт о границах политико-религиозного целеполагания в обществе модерна
Girinsky A., Вестник Томского государственного университета. Философия. Социология. Политология 2026 № 91 С. 104–113
В статье анализируются взгляды двух европейских мыслителей ХХ в. – швейцарского протестантского теолога Карла Барта и русского философа Сергия Булгакова. В центре внимания две их работы середины ХХ в., в которых авторы рассуждают о христианском отношении к государству и политике в мире модерна. В статье доказывается, что несмотря на онтологические и догматические различия между протестантской ...
Added: July 14, 2026
Новые религии и секуляризация. Методологический тупик
Nosachev P., Вопросы философии 2026 № 7 С. 166–175
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical foundations of three significant fields: New Religious Movements (NRMs) studies, New Age studies, and Western Esotericism. The author offers a historical overview of these domains, reconstructing the scholarly background and interdisciplinary context of their conceptual formation. It is argued that the primary obstacle to their advancement ...
Added: July 14, 2026
Proceedings of the International Science Conference “APPLIED RESEARCH. GLOBAL SOLUTIONS” (May 6, 2026). Istanbul. Turkey. Part 2.
Scientific publishing house Infinity, 2026.
Science Conference Proceedings combine materials of the conference – research papers and thesis reports of scientifi c workers. They examine technical, juridical and sociological aspects of research issues. Some articles deal with theoretical and methodological approaches and principles of research questions of personality professionalization. ...
Added: July 12, 2026
«Владычествование Homo sapiens над Землей»: утопия или неизбежность?
Grebnev L., Вопросы философии 2026 № 7 С. 5–15
In the coming millennium, the transformation of our world has become a matter of global concern. The first attempts to move in this direction were unsuccessful. The globalization of economic activity is being replaced by the formation of relatively autonomous macroregions. But it would be a mistake to assume on this basis that joint dominion over the entire planet ...
Added: July 11, 2026
Гегель как отец истории искусства: к тезисам Эрнста Гомбриха о пяти гегельянских «великанах»
Жуматина М.-С. Д., Вопросы философии 2026 № 7 С. 140–154
This article analyzes the proclamation of G.W.F. Hegel as the “father of art history” advanced by the art historian E. Gombrich in his essay of the same name, and investigates the origins and consequences of this gesture. The paper examines Gombrich’s arguments concerning fundamental Hegelian ideas – the five Hegelian “giants” – which, in his ...
Added: July 11, 2026
International Academic Conference. Proceedings of the Scientific Forum “Modern Science: Theory and Practice” (April 22, 2026). Belgrade, Serbia. Part 3.
Scientific publishing house Infinity, 2026.
Scientific Forum Proceedings combine materials of the conference – research papers and thesis reports of scientific workers. They examine technical, juridical and sociological aspects of research issues. Some articles deal with theoretical and methodological approaches and principles of research questions of personality professionalization. ...
Added: July 10, 2026
Особенности социоприродных взаимодействий и динамика влияния оленеводства на окружающую среду на севере Западной Сибири во второй половине XIX – первой четверти XXI в.
Соромотин А. В., Московченко Д. В., Федоров Р. Ю. et al., Проблемы Арктики и Антарктики 2026 Т. 72 № 2 С. 236–251
Against the backdrop of the reindeer herding crisis in many Arctic regions, the dynamics of its development in the north of Western Siberia are an exception. Over the past decade of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the territory of its largest reindeer herding center, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of the ...
Added: July 10, 2026
Фронтир семантики и прагматики в философии языка
Sobolev I., Эпистемология и философия науки 2026 Т. 63 № 2 С. 116–134
This article offers a critical analysis of the classical dichotomy between “what is said” and “what is implicated” in philosophy of language. The author argues that a rigid separation between semantics and pragmatics is insufficient to account for the full spectrum of linguistic meaning. Key examples examined include use-conditional meaning, which is conventional yet affects ...
Added: July 9, 2026
Война как предчувствие: историософские прогнозы В.И. Ламанского
Malinov A. V., Диалог со временем 2026 № 95 С. 151–166
The article examines V.I. Lamansky’s civilizational concept, in which he argued for the inevitability of a major (world) war in Europe. Lamansky’s reasoning was based on the belief in a fatal historical antagonism between two parts of Europe: The Romano-Germanic and the Greco-Slavic. The most detailed description of this world war is found in Lamansky’s ...
Added: July 7, 2026
Деньги – иллюзорная реальность?
Grebnev L., Вопросы философии 2025 № 6 С. 105–116
The relevance of the topic is related to the fact that after the complete abandonment of real values in the 1970s of the main means of international settlements - the US dollar – there is a growing feeling that money increasingly represents an illusory reality. The article begins with an analysis of the illusions associated ...
Added: July 6, 2026
Российское историческое общество и Екатерина II.
Melentev F. I., М.: Фонд «Связь Эпох», 2026.
В брошюре рассказывается о роли Русского исторического общества в изучении документального наследия императрицы Екатерины Великой и распространении достоверных знаний о екатерининской эпохе. В издании рассмотрены взгляды на Екатерину II императоров Александра III и Николая II, которые были почетными председателями Императорского Русского исторического общества. Особое внимание уделено издательской программе ИРИО, предусматривавшей публикацию документов Екатерины II в ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Испанский стыд и производство нормы: К аффективной теории социального порядка.
Khestanov R., Логос 2026 Т. 36 № 3 С. 1–19
The article proposes an affective theory of social order, taking as its starting point the phenomenon of "Spanish shame" (ispanski styd) – the vicarious embarrassment experienced by a bystander witnessing another person's social failure. Tracing three competing etymological accounts of the expression, the author argues that the uncertainty of its origin is not a defect ...
Added: July 1, 2026
I Международная научно-образовательная конференция «Пейсиковские чтения: проблемы современного академического востоковедения»: материалы конференции
М.: ИСАА МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова, 2023.
Издание представляет собой сборник материалов I Международной научно-образовательной конференция «Пейсиковские чтения: проблемы современного академического востоковедения», проведённой 21 апреля 2023 года в ИСАА МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова. В книге представлены работы сотрудников Института и приглашённых специалистов из ряда ведущих институтов России и зарубежных стран Сборник в электронном виде можно скачать по ссылке http://iranistika.iling-ran.ru/Sbornik/ ...
Added: June 30, 2026
Аксиологический разрыв модерна: Иван Иллич об экономических и вернакулярных ценностях после Нового времени
Моторов Д. А., Respublica Literaria 2026 Т. 7 № 2 С. 123–134
The article examines the critical views of the philosopher and social critic Ivan Illich on the beginning of the New Era. Illich's criticism of modernity is based on the consideration of the axiological break of this era, which led to the transformation of the key values of human existence. By contrasting vernacular, that is, locally ...
Added: June 29, 2026
Восстание декабристов и его этические следствия: уроки истории в русской мысли
Zhukova O., Философский журнал (Российская Федерация) 2026 Т. 19 № 2 С. 5–22
The article examines one of the key problems of the philosophy of Russian history related to the assessment of the political and moral consequences of the Decembrist revolt of 1825. It is shown that the December conspiracy of the aristocracy destroyed the patriotic consensus between the government and society that had developed after the victory ...
Added: June 28, 2026
The Role of a Medical Psychologist in Maintaining the Rehabilitation Potential of Patients after a Stroke at the Second Stage of Medical Rehabilitation
Bogatova Valeriia D., Kuznetsova A., Polyaev B. et al., Bulletin of Siberian Medicine 2026 Vol. 25 No. 1 P. 131–143
Stroke can lead to motor, cognitive, and speech disorders that require long-term correction. Rehabilitation potential (RP) indicates the level of maximum possible recovery of a patient in the given time period. Maintaining RP at the second stage of medical rehabilitation (MR) is one of the important tasks of a medical psychologist. However, current Russian scientific ...
Added: June 11, 2026
«Хореография танца» и «кинофильмы мыслей», или о причинах отсутствия общепризнанной танцевальной нотации
Bobrova A., Волынская К. А., Праксема. Проблемы визуальной семиотики 2026 № 2(48) С. 212–235
Musical notation has enjoyed universal recognition for centuries, whereas dance notation has remained comparatively underdeveloped and conceptually challenging. As a kinetic and embodied art form, dance requires a system of notation capable of reflecting its visual, affective, and technical dimensions while at the same time meeting the normative demands of stage practice. The first serious ...
Added: June 2, 2026
Новые интерфейсы и новые медиаторы
Maksimenkova O. V., Сегал А. П., Вопросы философии 2025 № 10 С. 67–76
The study is devoted to the humans and artificial intelligence (AI) interaction. The authors view this interaction as mediated by interfaces that both simplify it and hide the real mechanisms of encoding and decoding messages (according to Shannon). In such a situation, the characteristics of the actor of communication are blurred, and it is not ...
Added: October 2, 2025
Валентин Волошинов и проблема соотношения материального и дискурсивного в социальных исследованиях
Volkov P., Современный дискурс-анализ 2025 № 1 (36) С. 8–17
The article attempts to revise the works of the Soviet linguist Valentin Voloshinov within the framework of the tasks of modern critical discourse analysis. Voloshinov argues that to correctly understand the meaning of a statement means to correctly restore the social context. Different social classes use the same language, therefore, in each sign of this ...
Added: June 7, 2025
  • About
  • About
  • Key Figures & Facts
  • Sustainability at HSE University
  • Faculties & Departments
  • International Partnerships
  • Faculty & Staff
  • HSE Buildings
  • HSE University for Persons with Disabilities
  • Public Enquiries
  • Studies
  • Admissions
  • Programme Catalogue
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Exchange Programmes
  • Summer University
  • Summer Schools
  • Semester in Moscow
  • Business Internship
  • Research
  • International Laboratories
  • Research Centres
  • Research Projects
  • Monitoring Studies
  • Conferences & Seminars
  • Academic Jobs
  • Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
  • Media & Resources
  • Publications by staff
  • HSE Journals
  • Publishing House
  • iq.hse.ru: commentary by HSE experts
  • Library
  • Economic & Social Data Archive
  • Video
  • HSE Repository of Socio-Economic Information
  • HSE1993–2026
  • Contacts
  • Copyright
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map
Edit