Giftedness as a Factor in Constituting a Creative Person

Abstract

Purpose. The basis of the presented study is a philosophical and anthropological analysis of the problem of creativity in the modern educational space, which is complemented by information and digital reality underlying the changes in the values and meanings of the individual, which led to the affirmation of the digital person (homo digitalis). This circumstance, in the context of understanding the need for civilizational development, poses the problem of consistently solving the following tasks: 1) to conduct a review and identify a theoretical and methodological explanation of the content and meaning of the activities of a homo digitalis in the context of the transformation of cultural values and methods of communication; 2) to analyse the conceptual content of the phenomenon of giftedness and the emergence of creativity in the discourse of philosophical anthropology and philosophy of education; 3) to expound the main parameters of the intersubjective nature of giftedness in the context of the formation of a creative personality. Theoretical basis. The dynamic process of forming a new anthropological type of person (homo digitalis) brings the philosophy of education to a new level of theoretical and philosophical understanding. The philosophical and anthropological dimension of homo digitalis allows us to determine the prospects for supporting giftedness as a condition for the formation and development of a creative personality as a whole of cognitive, existential and metaphilosophical content. The relevance of the problem is due to the crisis of the axiological meanings of human existence in the situation of the establishment of digital culture, which, as a result of the powerful influence of information and digital reality, causes a change in the culture of communication – from written culture to the culture of memes. This ultimately leads to the establishment of patterns and stereotypes of behaviour and thinking, which become an obstacle to the development of giftedness. Originality. It is substantiated that the phenomenon of giftedness largely determines the strategy for the formation of an active creative personality in the conditions of civilizational challenges that have arisen before humanity and Ukraine, strives for progressive development, and therefore opens up new prospects for the development of national identity, taking into account a qualitatively different phenomenon of the anthropological type of man. Conclusions. The modern era demonstrates the constitution of digital culture, which gives rise to a new anthropological type of man – homo digitalis. Taking into account the serious challenge that digital culture creates, philosophical and anthropological discourse, focused on civilizational progress, is able to provide the necessary vectors of development. The affirmation of the conceptual provisions of the phenomenon of giftedness and creativity proves their influence on the development of education, scientificity, creativity as characteristics of a civilized person. Education is able to prepare a creative person, ready for activity and creativity in the dynamics of technological and socio-cultural transformations and challenges.