Intelligence Within the Context of Mind and Consciousness: Dialectics of the First and the Third Person
Contemporary Philosophical Research December 13, 2025 DOI: 10.18384/2949-5148-2025-4-6-17 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that intelligence cannot be reduced to a neutral third-person phenomenon but is an integral formation of a living psyche that unites thinking with goal-setting, problem-solving, decision-making, and learning. Contends that intelligence and consciousness are closely coexisting yet discrepant, and asserts the substantial primacy of the first person in intelligence, grounding it in the activity of the self. |
Abstract
Aim . A targeted analysis of the essence of intelligence in the context of its relation to such central mental phenomena as mind and consciousness. Methodology . The key methods were the dialectical ones that helped to reflect the complex nature of human mental reality. Dialectics reveals the inconsistency and dynamism of the interpenetration of objective and subjective sides in the intelligence, emphasizes its discrepancy with consciousness in their close coexistence. Results . Intelligence cannot be reduced to a neutral third-person phenomenon. It turns out to be an integral formation of a living psyche that unites thinking and other processes aimed at setting goals, overcoming problems, making decisions, and learning new. Research implications . The research reveals complex interaction between intelligence and consciousness in the field of psychology. It asserts a substantial primacy of the first person in intelligence, its foundation in the activity of the self.