The mystery of space : $b a study of the hyperspace movement in the light of the evolution of new psychic faculties and an inquiry into the genesis and essential nature of spaceBrowne, Robert T.
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The mystery of space : $b a study of the hyperspace movement in the light of the evolution of new psychic faculties and an inquiry into the genesis and essential nature of space
Browne, Robert T.
Hyperspace
In Part I an effort has been made to trace the growth of the notion
of hyperspace and to show that it is a symbol of a new epoch of
intellectual expansion, an actual seizure of a new domain of awareness
by the mind. And for this purpose a critical examination of the
fundamental question of dimensionality is entered upon from which it
develops that the status of this primary norm of mathematical thought
exhibits a relatively inchoate character because of its insufficiency
as a definitive quantity, and further, because of its rather
superfoetated aspect when utilized as a panacea for mathetic symptoms.
Also, it has been found necessary to survey the field of the four-space
which has been accorded such a prominent place in the mathematical
thought of the day. The reader should find in the chapter devoted to
it adequate material for thought and sufficient comprehension of its
meanings as a mathematical contrivance.
In Part II an endeavor is made to interpret the evidences offered by
high mathematic considerations in the light of the larger psychogenetic
movement. For this undertaking the quality of awareness has been
studied with the view to establishing its priority as a determining
agency in the consideration of space in aspects broader and less
restricted than those embraced in the mathematical premises. Wherefore,
it appears that there are massive implications arising out of the
hyperspace propaganda which have hitherto been neglected in the
preliminaries incident to the fabrication of its structure. A very
brief, and more or less symbolic, sketch of the genesis of space has
served to demonstrate its essential nature as a consubstantive of
materiality, vitality and intellectuality, the three major objective
processes. Consequently it becomes imperatively necessary that any
view of space which neglects its kosmic intent and purpose should be
regarded as gravely fragmentary and insufficient. It is only by linking
up the two aspects of space, the mathematical and the psychological, in
such a manner that the one shall supplement the other, that we shall be
able to arrive at a truly satisfactory understanding of its nature.
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