PHENOMENOLOGY OF CRITICAL THINKING

In modern philosophy, the topic of thinking occupies a prominent place due to the dynamism and difficult predictability of the foundations of the modern world. Cognitive issues are additionally updated with the rapid renewal of social fabric, which is observed in a variety of empirical contexts of the post-industrial model, the culture of which is associated with fundamentally different and multivariate communication models, the concentration of heterogeneous values, attitudes and the rooting of the most unexpected combinations of behavioral patterns of individuals. The permanent change and overlapping of connections and relationships in various spheres of public life, especially in the context of an unprecedented multiplication of information, has already led to the onset of a post-truth society, in the realities of which emotions prevail over rationality, and young people have difficulty distinguishing reliable information from unreliable. The subject of this article is the phenomenological canvas of critical thinking in the conditions of modern society. The purpose of the study is a phenomenological understanding of a critical society. The methodological foundations of the study are phenomenological approaches, epistemological analysis of cognitive problems, principles of descriptive and problem-theoretical methods, as well as general philosophical tools. The article examines critical thinking from the standpoint of philosophical phenomenology. The influence of the volume of information on social groups in current contextual realities is determined. Approaches to defining critical thinking are considered and its essential features are highlighted. A general vision of critical thinking is proposed. The results of the study are related to their theoretical and practical significance. In the first direction, the chosen perspective contributes to an expanded understanding of critical thinking. In the applied aspect, the obtained results can be used as an information basis for social management, as well as in interdisciplinary studies. The integral conclusion is that today critical thinking is an individually defined attribute of a person, on which goal-setting and decisions made directly depend, which also affects adaptability to social processes and the ability to manage them.