On the Legacy and Life of Academician Alexei A. Ukhtomsky

Sokolova, L. V.

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“…Historically, the concept of chronotope was introduced in 1925 by the Russian neurophysiologist Aleksei Ukhtomsky, who argued that we perceive the world as anticipations of its future (Chebanov, ; Sokolova, ). We claim that the constructivist interpretation is closely aligned with Ukhtomsky’s idea of chronotope as a biological structure that defines how living organisms can perceive and observe their environment and act upon it.…”

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Chronotopes of foresight: Models of time‐space in probabilistic, possibilistic and constructivist futures

Tuomi

2019

Futures & Foresight Science

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The concept of chronotope was introduced in the 1920s by the Russian neurophysiologist A.A. Ukhtomsky, and extensively used by Mikhail Bakhtin in his analysis of the development of literary forms. Chronotope structures the possibilities for meaningful action and different chronotopes thus generate different forms of agency and future. In this paper, three approaches to foresight are analyzed, showing how their different chronotopes lead to different ways of understanding the future. We differentiate between probabilistic, possibilistic and constructivist frameworks for foresight. Probabilistic approaches are shown to rely on recursive chronotopes that capture future as a repetition of the past. Possibilistic approaches, here exemplified by the “gold standard” Schwartz/GBN scenario method, are shown to rely on narrative chronotopes that can tell stories of emergent futures and the impact of innovation. Scenario methods, however, describe changes in the environment as forces and trends in a recursive chronotope. As a result, they have limited capacity to address qualitative novelty. In contrast to possibilistic and probabilistic approaches, a constructivist dialogical approach described in this paper explicitly aims at integrating qualitative novelty and radical innovation as important elements of foresight. Constructivist foresight does not aim for “knowing” the future; instead, it aims at creating the future. Knowing when to use these different forms of foresight is an important element in strategy and policy development.

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Chronotopes of foresight: Models of time‐space in probabilistic, possibilistic and constructivist futures

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2019

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Tuomi

2017

Handbook of Anticipation

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Much of science and philosophy is based on the assumption that a reality exists that is independent of who observes it (realism) or that this reality is primarily a construction of the mind (idealism). In both cases, the reality is often assumed to be static, and large bodies of philosophical literature exist that study what can we know about this reality. This chapter proposes a different approach, arguing that reality is continuously expanding. Innovation and evolution create things that did not exist before. We have data or facts only about things that already exist, and the

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The Dominant as a Model of Chronogenic Change: The Relevance of A. A. Ukhtomsky’s and L. S. Vygotsky’s Traditions for Systemic Cognitive Studies

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Pavlova

2016

Centrality of History for Theory Construction in Psychology

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On the Legacy and Life of Academician Alexei A. Ukhtomsky

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Chronotopes of foresight: Models of time‐space in probabilistic, possibilistic and constructivist futures

Chronotopes of foresight: Models of time‐space in probabilistic, possibilistic and constructivist futures

Ontological Expansion

The Dominant as a Model of Chronogenic Change: The Relevance of A. A. Ukhtomsky’s and L. S. Vygotsky’s Traditions for Systemic Cognitive Studies

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