THE ROLE OF RECURSION IN THE SELF-ORGANIZATION OF THINKING

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of thinking in the context of modern ideas about self-organization and related phenomena. Attention is drawn to the need to take into account the phenomenon of recursion as a possible basis for the self-organization of human thinking. A description of recursion and recursive thinking from the theoretical positions of the works of N. Luhmann, N. Chomsky, M. Korbalis and others is offered. The specifics of self-organization of thinking on the basis of the theoretical approaches of constructivism and autopoiesis are considered. The manifestations of recursion at the level of thinking and communication are considered. The role of recursion in such manifestations of self-organization of thinking as operational closure, self-reference and reflexive loop is analyzed. The article offers an explanation of the implementation of operational isolation in mental activity through recursive work with information as a necessary initial condition for self-organization that increases the autonomy of the thinking system. Special importance is attached to self-reference and reflexive loop, which allows, through recursive comparison, to provide important properties of self-organization of complex systems associated with self-reproduction and self-regulation. Attention is drawn to the close relationship of operational closure, self-reference and reflexive loops, mediated recursive processes. The main functions performed by each of the phenomena under consideration in the self-organization of thinking are determined. Conclusions are drawn about the presence of three main properties of self-organization of thinking realized through recursion: autonomy of the thinking system, its reproduction and provision of positive feedback.