Philosophical Dimensions of Synaesthetic Metaphor : A Study of the Intersection of Perception and Cognition

Abstract

A more comprehensive and profound understanding of the relationship between perception and cognition plays an important and fundamental role in better understanding and grasping the world. For this reason, we propose the philosophical dimension of synaesthetic metaphor, focusing on the intersection of perception and cognition. By analyzing the flexibility and creativity of human perception and cognition displayed by synaesthetic metaphor in the aspects of sensory appropriation, representational association, and imagery sensibility, we uncover the complex interplay between perception and cognition, the subjectivity and relativity of perception revealed by the philosophical sense as well as the coherence and wholeness of thinking.  We demonstrate the complexity and multiplicity of perception and cognition, combined with the establishment of the logic of perception and cognition and provide a comprehensive analysis of the cross-relationship between them.