The psychological basis of Plato’s idealism

Philosophy

Authors

  • Boris V. Saprygin Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, 28, Viljuiskaya str., Novosibirsk, 630126, Russia

Keywords:

idealism, Platonism, mystical experience, neuropsychology of religion, temporal lobe epilepsy, aura

Abstract

The article seeks to explain certain significant points of Plato’s philosophy by addressing the research findings of the neuropsychology of religious experience. The evidence found in the domain of this discipline makes it possible to assume that many concepts and notions of Plato’s philosophy are in fact conceptualizations of real psychological experiences. The latter being ignored, any interpretation of this philosophy may be incomplete.

Author Biography

  • Boris V. Saprygin, Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, 28, Viljuiskaya str., Novosibirsk, 630126, Russia
    Ph.D. in Philosophy, Associate Professor of the Department of Language Theory and Intercultural Communication, Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy

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2013-12-30

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