Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Pub Date : 2020-03-24 , DOI: 10.1007/s11097-020-09666-2 Matthew Ratcliffe
This paper addresses the nature of sensed-presence experiences that are commonplace among the bereaved and occur cross-culturally. Although these experiences are often labelled ‘‘bereavement hallucinations’’, it is unclear what they consist of. Some seem to involve sensory experiences in one or more modalities, while others involve a non-specific feeling or sense of presence. I focus on a puzzle concerning the latter: it is unclear how an experience of someone’s presence could arise without a more specific sensory content. I suggest that at least some of these experiences consist in a dynamic and non-localized experience of significant and salient possibilities. This can amount to the sense of currently relating to a particular individual and, by implication, a sense of that person’s presence. Where an experience of this kind also includes sensory qualities, they are inessential to the sense of relatedness and perhaps symptomatic of it.
中文翻译:
没有感官品质的感知存在:丧亲幻觉的现象学研究
本文探讨了在丧亲者中司空见惯的跨文化体验的本质。尽管这些经历通常被贴上“丧亲幻觉”的标签,但尚不清楚它们的组成部分。有些似乎涉及一种或多种形式的感官体验,而另一些则涉及非特定的感觉或存在感。我关注的是关于后者的一个谜题:不清楚如果没有更具体的感官内容,如何能产生某人在场的体验。我建议这些体验中至少有一些包含在具有重要和显着可能性的动态和非本地化体验中。这可以相当于当前与一个特定的人,并暗示,那个人的存在感。当这种体验还包括感官品质时,它们对于关联感来说是无关紧要的,也许是关联感的症状。