Formal unity of experience
Category-theoretic models of contextual experience and intersubjective coherence.
Research area
Consciousness, Perception & Indian Epistemology
Philosophically informed, formally explicit research on perception, phenomenal unity, part–whole relations and consciousness-first hypotheses.
Scope
What this theme investigates
This area brings contemporary philosophy of mind and empirical perception research into critical dialogue with Indian epistemology. Concepts drawn from pramāṇa traditions, Yoga and Vedānta are treated as substantive intellectual proposals whose scope and assumptions can be analysed explicitly.
Formal tools from topology and category theory help clarify unity, context and part–whole relations, while empirical work constrains philosophical claims. The aim is neither to reduce classical traditions to modern terminology nor to exempt them from scientific and conceptual scrutiny.
Current directions
Models of perception
Comparison of cognitive-scientific, Yogic and Vedāntic accounts of perceptual formation.
Part–whole structure
Topological approaches to local–global organisation across data and experience.
Anomalous cognition
Carefully framed empirical investigation of reported non-vision perception.
Research record
Publications in this area
Peer-reviewed work, chapters and current manuscripts connected with this research theme.
Preprints and manuscripts
↗A Formal Framework for Phenomenal Unity, Contextual Experience, and Intersubjective Coherence
Manuscript · PhilPapers record
Book chapters
↗A Case Study on Yogic Perception: Insights From EEG Data Analysis
Springer · Cognitive Biomarkers and BCI Applications
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-20634-3_12