Communicative Approach to Determining the Role of Personality in Science

Purpose. This article aims at outlining the socio-communicative prerequisites for influence of personality on acquisition rigorous scientific knowledge. Theoretical basis. The communicative foundations an individual’s activity in general and functioning his consciousness particular were laid by philosophy Edmund Husserl, primarily due to introduction concepts "intersubjectivity" "lifeworld". From these positions, attempts made understand discussion Karl Popper Thomas Kuhn regarding role individual science, particular, concept a "normal scientist" as participant lifeworld scientists who support special intersubjective norms reproduction this through communication. "communicative mind", correlated with Jürgen Habermas, best expresses rational argumentative principles achieving consensus science. Originality. Social anthropology reveals constitutive significance teamwork science way phenomenology concretizes emphasizing need constant improvement rules verification knowledge facts is strictly determined observance community-recognized tools such verification, conventional agreement within certain community language which used describe falsification, other procedures organizing into system. Conclusions. Verification obtained critically depends formulation, dissemination institutional applies, conventionally recognized empirical facts: it not isolated scientist should identify, verify, organize evaluate facts, but conduct research organized manner. Team work case collective action, characterized high level reflection application critical thinking In legitimation acquired occurs process procedural careful facts.