Features of the organization of Buddhist thinking space

  • Alesiyan Patsev Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"
Keywords: Mental space, mental space, Buddhist philosophical thinking, one, Shunyya, Nirvana

Abstract

The article presents the hypothesis of differences in spatial mode of philosophical thinking. A consequence of these differences arise in the general form of cognitive space. This in turn shapes the interior of the concept and turns it into a miniature model of the general form of cognitive space. Presented are two main forms of epistemological thinking (mental-dimensional schemes). The first is mental-dimensional pyramid scheme in which mental space disappears in a kind of mental peak. In this diagram form the basic concepts of One, the Absolute, God, the substance, the soul as substance and others. The second mental-spatial scheme reminds inverted pyramid. In her mentally absent-gravitational basic concepts (Single, Single Demiurge soul as substance and others.). According to the author this mental-spatial scheme exclusive to the Buddhist philosophical thinking.

Author Biography

Alesiyan Patsev, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"

Lecturer of Buddhist philosophy at  Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), founder of the Center for Buddhist Studies (Sofia, Bulgaria)

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Published
2015-11-24
How to Cite
Patsev, A. (2015). Features of the organization of Buddhist thinking space. IDEAS. PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES, (1(5)-2(6), 30-37. Retrieved from https://ideas.academyjournal.org/index.php/IDEI/article/view/117
Section
History of Philosophy. Eastern philosophy