Serra Bilgincan
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SPACE AND SAPIENS:
A Comparison of Philosophical
Approaches with the New Cognitive Approaches to
Space
Today, with the emergence of cognitive science, we have just started to understand how the minds of humans process sensory information and therefore, how they perceive the sensory-emotive world that they daily inhabit.
The aim in this dissertation was finding correspondence between philosophical suggestions around the topic of space and humans with the new cognitive finds. The journey was a search of how the juxtaposition of philosophy and cognitive science could enhance the design of our built environments channelling architecture into a more human-centred direction.
Index
Introduction:
An Invitation to Our Ancestors
Mind in Philosophy
A Journey in History:
Body and Mind from Ancient Greece to Phenomenalism
From Merleau-Ponty to Pallasmaa
Mind in Science
The Embodied Brain & Sensory Spatial Experience
Some Finds on Human Behaviour and Spatial Input
Thigmotaxis: Human-beings as a “wall-hugging” species
Faces “on” Surroundings: The importance of perceiving and connecting to faces
Faces “in” Surroundings: The importance of perceiving and connecting to faces
Bilateral Symmetry & Biology
Narrative: Search for Attachment
Case Study:
Piazza del Campo, Siena, 1349
Conclusion:
A Juxtaposition of Fields:Architecture into a more human-centered direction