Abstract
The present article addresses the logic of the sphere, or the Sphere Model of Consciousness (SMC) developed by Patrizio Paoletti over three decades of research (Paoletti in Flussi, territori, luogo (Flows, territories, place). M.E.D. Ed., 2002; Flussi, territori, luogo II (Flows, territories, place II). M.E.D. Ed., 2002; Fare il punto nave (Taking a bearing point). M.E.D. Ed., 2005; In: Proceedings conference at Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center. Bar Ilan University. Faculty of Neuroscience, Israel, 2007; Osservazione—Quaderni di Pedagogia per il Terzo Millennio (Observation: educational notebooks on pedagogy for the third millennium), Ed. 3P, 2011; Mediazione—Quaderni di Pedagogia per il Terzo Millennio (Mediation: educational notebooks on pedagogy for the third millennium), Ed. 3P, 2011). The SMC model has been experimentally applied in the educational field and lies at the base of neuroscientific and psychoeducational research conducted by the Paoletti Foundation. In recent years, it has been studied by several researchers in the field of neuroscience. Following a logical-mathematical introduction regarding the properties of the spherical shape, we illustrate for the first time the structuring of the model and its neural foundations. We emphasize the central space of the sphere, defined by the geometric model and highlight its descriptive and heuristic properties in relation to the study of consciousness. Finally, we present educational applications of the model, particularly with respect to the center of the sphere, defined in the current context as the “place of pre-existence.”
Highlights
Wittgenstein notes that “we make ourselves images of facts” (Tractatus 2.1) and the image we make of the world is in turn a fact, but a fact of a particular type, which must have something in common with what it represents (Tractatus 2.16), i.e. the logical form
Psychophysiological and neuroimaging studies have shown that understanding nouns involving the manipulation of objects activates the same motor systems activated during both actual manipulation and observation of manipulation of such objects [61]
We propose that the Sphere Model of Consciousness, through use of the geometrical figure of the sphere, is a heuristically effective logical model that can be applied to the neuroscientific investigation of consciousness and to the field of education
Summary
Wittgenstein notes that “we make ourselves images of facts” (Tractatus 2.1) and the image we make of the world is in turn a fact, but a fact of a particular type, which must have something in common with what it represents (Tractatus 2.16), i.e. the logical form. According to the embodied cognition [107] and embodied language [32,35] theories, the cognitive and linguistic systems are similar to the motor system in both the structures they employ and their organizational characteristics This perspective suggests that linguistic understanding is rooted in action and uses the same brain areas that are activated during the execution of movement. Psychophysiological and neuroimaging studies have shown that understanding nouns involving the manipulation of objects (i.e., instruments) activates the same motor systems activated during both actual manipulation and observation of manipulation of such objects [61] These neuroscientific findings provide a physiological foundation for the practice of visual representation, a practice as old as human culture, and encourage the use of visual tools in different fields research. We propose that the Sphere Model of Consciousness, through use of the geometrical figure of the sphere, is a heuristically effective logical model that can be applied to the neuroscientific investigation of consciousness and to the field of education
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