What is it about?
Due to the survival needs, the basic perceptions and cognitive mode of humans uphold the practical principles of stability, simplicity and efficiency. The cognitive mode targets relative features and changes in the environment rather than the realistic complete and continuous motion forms and states, in order to realize efficient and accurate identification and survival response. In this case, the cognition of motion truth is not a need of survival but is instead a burden, and interferes with the cognition. Simply stated, if our cognition were based on a perception of real motion, we wouldn’t be able to survive.
Despite this, real world is, of course, in constant motion and our perceptions can take on a static or discontinuous and relatively changing form. The cognitive mode that can shield our perceptions from absolute motion is supported by specific principles and is remarkably stable. Based on the cognitive mode and principle, humans have developed social and technological systems. While bringing convenience and efficiency, this also creates an insurmountable barrier to cognize the real motion.
Motion cognition and practice is another path altogether. It returns to the starting point of cognition, transforms the purpose, principle, and mode of cognition, and establishes and applies a cognitive system based directly on motion forms, characteristics and mechanisms. The study of motion cognition aims to break through the existing cognitive limitations and practical dilemmas.
Why is it important?
Throughout the development of modern science, increasingly complex data and logical models have gradually replaced the direct knowledge of nature motion and reality. During the journey of discovering natural truths, it often seems as though there is no possibility to recognize and break through the cognitive chaos without further complicating the problem. However, our current cognition represents a specific cognitive stage, with fixed cognitive models. We are inside of this limited cognitive zone without a complete picture of the foundational principles or the continuous developmental path of cognition. Without the cognitive basis of motion reality, this will inevitably result in the increasingly intensified conflict between the development of human social practice and the natural motion environment. Therefore, this research focuses on exploring the roots of human cognition and it’s track of development is a new angle allowing for a breakthrough of certain cognitive dilemmas.