Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)

Study on the Spatial Characteristics of Mental Phenomena

Authors
Nikolay N. Gubanov, Nikolay I. Gubanov, Elena Turova, Boris Zemtsov
Corresponding Author
Nikolay N. Gubanov
Available Online October 2019.
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
October 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-816-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/cesses-19.2019.120How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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