Modeling cognitive evolution. On the way to the theory of evolutionary origin of thinking. Redko V.G.

The book discusses a new scientific direction - modeling of cognitive evolution, that is, the evolution of the cognitive abilities of biological organisms, as a result of which human thinking occurred. The philosophical prerequisites for the studies of cognitive evolution are characterized. It has been shown that at present there are powerful shots of modeling cognitive evolution both from computational sciences and biological research. The initial steps of modeling cognitive evolution are presented. The interdisciplinary relations of future studies of cognitive evolution are characterized, it is shown that these studies are closely related to the foundations of science, with the foundations of mathematics, with the theory of cognition, with the scientific foundations of artificial intelligence, with modeling at the junction of computational sciences and biological experimental studies.