Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Mental Phenomena

DOI

10.2991/cesses-19.2019.120How to use a DOI?

Keywords

space; localization of soul; types of existence; spatial parameters of sensory and mental images; the law of spatial projection of sensory images; subjective space

Abstract

In this paper we show that the ancient philosophers Democritus, Plato, Aristotle postulated the spatial localization of the soul. However, a view that spiritual phenomena have no spatial characteristics had become widespread after Descartes. In our opinion, this view is ungrounded. In this paper we use the data of modern psychology, psychiatry and neurophysiology to prove that sensory images (feelings, perceptions, ideas) have the following spatial characteristics: localization, extra-projection, and structure. Non-sensory elements of the consciousness (reasoning, emotions, needs) have spatial localization and spatial structure.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nikolay N. Gubanov
AU  - Nikolay I. Gubanov
AU  - Elena Turova
AU  - Boris Zemtsov
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Mental Phenomena
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 530
EP  - 534
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cesses-19.2019.120
DO  - 10.2991/cesses-19.2019.120
ID  - Gubanov2019/10
ER  -