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
Tersely stated, KANT's view of space is that it is a form of intuition,
a form _a priori_, a transcendental form. As such he considered it
to be a native form of perception not belonging to the category of
sense-deliveries. Accordingly, space is a form of intuition arising
out of and inhering in the constitution of mind. It is a notion
which constitutes the universal and eternal prerequisite of mind and
is, therefore, intrinsically necessary to all phases of mentation.
Now, this being true just what may be said to be the relation of
dimensionality to this _a priori_ form of space which is found to
exist in the mind as an eternal aspect of its nature? Does the mind
intuitively measure its contents or its operations by the empirical
standard of space-measurement known as dimension? Is the attitude of
the mind towards the objectively real one of discrimination _a priori_
as to the direction or dimension in which a percept may originate? In
other words, does the mind habitually and intuitively refer its data
to a system of coördinates for final determination? There is no other
answer but that the mind makes no such reference and is dependent upon
no kind of coördinate system in any of its operations _a priori_. As a
form of intuition, the space notion is present in the mind as a scope
of existence, of motility, of being and of sheer roominess. The notion
of direction or dimension, being an artificial construction, does not
enter into this form of intuition at all. It is only when the mind
comes to elaborate upon its perceptive performances and possibilities
that the questions of relations, positions and directions arise.
But this latter is a matter separate and distinct from the state of
awareness which embodies the notion of space.
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