Merleau-Ponty’s interpretation of depth and ψ3-ψ4 in Noosology
First, let us summarize the main points of the previous talk:
1. ψ3, the region of “GAIMEN (the Outside of a human being),” which corresponds to the depth as the observer’s gaze penetrating the surface of an object/matter toward its background, does not exist in generally called space-time[1][2] .
2. If we describe it geometrically, it will become a vector of minute length in the direction of 4-dimensional space attached to each point in space-time[3][4] (the external, objective world.)
3. Moreover, all time (past, present, and future) is condensed to those points to constitute “here and now.”
4. On the other hand, ψ4, the region of “NAIMEN (the Inside of a human being),” which designates the line segment connecting the surface of the object/matter and the observer “I” who perceives their presence in front of the object/matter, is the fundamental component of space-time.
I have found these concepts through relentlessly deciphering the words “GAIMEN and NAIMEN (the Outside and Inside of human beings)” contained in OCOT information. In fact, only one philosopher has already said precisely the same thing: Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Based on Husserl’s phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty delved into the relationship between perception (especially vision) and consciousness. In his three major works, Phenomenology of Perception, The Eye and the Mind, and The Visible and the Invisible, Merleau-Ponty deepened his examination of the problem of “depth.”
Ponti’s conclusions from those works are approximately outlined as follows (see Figure 1 below).
[1] Depth and width are utterly different in nature.
[2] In depth, the perception of length comes to existence by the simultaneous coexistence of two conflicting views, one from the front and the other from the side.
[3] Depth retains not only the present but also the past and future. – Retention ( a phenomenological term); to hold firmly; to maintain firmly
[4] The depth behind what is seen includes who is seeing.
[5] The concept of distance (i.e., width), from “I,” the seeing entity as the starting point, to “there,” what is seen by “I” as the ending point, is not the same as depth.
The exact content of [1] was introduced in 2013: The Day God sees God, Advanced Edition as the difference between the “subjective line” and “objective line” to describe the absolute difference between depth and width in our experience.
works. Simply put, to perceive depth as distance, you must see it from the side. The process of the lateral gaze corresponds to the function of “SHIKEI” in Noosology. The term “SHIKEI” also refers to time as the fourth dimension, which is orthogonal to the three dimensions in space-time[3][4] .
