中西古代空间认知观的对比研究

Contrastive Research on Spatial Cognition in Ancient China and Ancient Greece

空间概念是人类认知经验的结晶,是一个经历从"天官意物"到"心有征知"漫长认知的过程。人们通过联觉器官(五觉)感知外部世界的空间关系,形成与具体的、个别的事物间的方位经验;人们分析概括并内化所获得的方位经验,形成空间方位意象;在方位意象的基础上,人们经过不断地思维抽象,最终获得空间概念。文章旨在对中西古代空间论述研究的基础上,揭示中西古代空间认知思想,诠释中西古代空间认知观的异同,为进一步研究空间认知思想奠定哲学基础。

Spatial concept is based on human spatial experiences through a cognitive process from the perception of ＂five senses＂ to the cognition of ＂heart＂. That is to say, human beings perceive spatial relations in the world by five senses, getting the spatial experiences by observing specific and individual entities in space. Then, human beings begin to analyze, generalize and internalize these spatial experiences, establishing images of spatial locations in mind. Based on these images, human beings acquired spatial concepts by abstraction. This article is to expose the cognitive spatial ideas in ancient China and ancient Greece. It aims to construe the different spatial cognition between ancient Chinese and ancient Greek on spatial illustrations. Its purpose is to lay a solid philosophical foundation for future research on ideas about spatial cognition.