Cognition and temporality

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Cognition and Temporality explores the cognitive foundations of verbal and figural grammar through twelve characteristic forms of judgment, which are context-free and language-free elements of attentional awareness. These forms, distributed across human populations throughout history, serve distinct problem-solving functions and are psychogenetic inheritances. The author posits that analyzing verbal and figural statements reveals evidence of these judgments, which shape how events are constructed, assessed, and engaged in problem-solving processes. Early twentieth-century artists and theorists, such as Wassily Kandinsky and Stephen C. Pepper, suggested that individuals possess an inherited attentional perspective, reflected in the logical connections between their unique verbal and figural grammars. The text elaborates on these ideas, arguing that while artists' styles are influenced by contemporary public styles, personal variations reveal inherited forms of judgment and their corresponding grammars. Through detailed visual and stylistic analysis, the author illustrates these concepts among notable figures in art and literature, contributing significantly to phenomenology, aesthetic philosophy, and cultural history.