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The application of historical‑dialectical method to the cognitive sciences (psychology, neuroscience, AI, linguistics). It argues that cognition is not a fixed, universal process but is shaped by historical and material conditions—technology, labor, social organisation. It studies how cognitive functions (attention, memory, reasoning) change with modes of production, how tools (writing, computers, AI) extend and transform cognition, and how contradictions within cognitive theories drive scientific change. It offers a critical alternative to both evolutionary psychology (which naturalises capitalist cognition) and postmodern reduction (which denies any cognitive reality).
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