Thought Architectures
Mind, Thought, Personality, Intelligence
Simon Chatzigiannis, MSC
Introduction
Humans are claimed to have existed for at least 14 million years, and yet today there is hardly any knowledge about how we think. Most of the better knowledge tends to come from the psychoanalytical theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Even for those, a few have been debunked, such as Freud’s psychic apparatus about the ID, ego and superego, or Jung’s conceptual theory about personality that led to the making of the MBTI, whereas others are either still unprovable or heavily debated.
To demonstrate the magnitude of the lack of this type of knowledge, consider a comparison of psychology with computer science. Computers have existed for approximately 70 years, and it is possible to describe everything about them on both hardware and software level to the tiniest detail.
Yet, questions such as “Why do we act as we do?”, “What drives our own and others’ actions?”, “How should we handle those drives and urges that enter our mind?”, and “How can we change ourselves and others in order to improve the quality of our life?” are some of the most common subjects behind our everyday discussions. It is exactly this areas that psychology of the unconscious can answer for.
From my perspective, many interesting and useful understandings tend to come from abnormal psychology, the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, some of which may be understood as precipitating a mental disorder. Not only is this area interesting alone for being less discussed than “normal” psychology, but it is also possible to get a more spherical view about human behaviour by comparing the “normal” with the “abnormal”.
Through this exciting journey to the study of the mind I have been in the process of writing a new book called “Thought architectures”, with unique and challenging perspectives and theories about intelligence, personality and empathy, which you can soon also enjoy.
Simon Chatzigiannis, MSc
Author of "Thought Architectures"
To demonstrate the magnitude of the lack of this type of knowledge, consider a comparison of psychology with computer science. Computers have existed for approximately 70 years, and it is possible to describe everything about them on both hardware and software level to the tiniest detail.
Yet, questions such as “Why do we act as we do?”, “What drives our own and others’ actions?”, “How should we handle those drives and urges that enter our mind?”, and “How can we change ourselves and others in order to improve the quality of our life?” are some of the most common subjects behind our everyday discussions. It is exactly this areas that psychology of the unconscious can answer for.
From my perspective, many interesting and useful understandings tend to come from abnormal psychology, the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, some of which may be understood as precipitating a mental disorder. Not only is this area interesting alone for being less discussed than “normal” psychology, but it is also possible to get a more spherical view about human behaviour by comparing the “normal” with the “abnormal”.
Through this exciting journey to the study of the mind I have been in the process of writing a new book called “Thought architectures”, with unique and challenging perspectives and theories about intelligence, personality and empathy, which you can soon also enjoy.
Simon Chatzigiannis, MSc
Author of "Thought Architectures"
Purpose
“Thought Architectures” answers the question “How do we think?”
Technically, the book belongs to the field of cognitive psychology. Further findings have been drawn from abnormal psychology, and psychology of the unconscious. It will be the first volume in a series. This volume will have Definitions. The second volume will have Assessments, and the third will discuss Disorders.
The book will present conceptual models of the mind, the thought process, personality and intelligence. Among them is also an explanation of empathy. It presents the operation of the mind from a functional perspective, just as a Business Analyst would be describing a computer system. In that sense the book would be the Business Requirements Document and Functional Specifications of the mind.
Major inspirations and sources of information were religions such as Christianity, the Greek Gods of Olympus, and Nordic religions. Adding to this, I discuss numerous existing psychological and psychometric concepts combined with experience and knowledge from 20 years of studying IQ, intelligence, giftedness, genius, attending and running high IQ societies.
Technically, the book belongs to the field of cognitive psychology. Further findings have been drawn from abnormal psychology, and psychology of the unconscious. It will be the first volume in a series. This volume will have Definitions. The second volume will have Assessments, and the third will discuss Disorders.
The book will present conceptual models of the mind, the thought process, personality and intelligence. Among them is also an explanation of empathy. It presents the operation of the mind from a functional perspective, just as a Business Analyst would be describing a computer system. In that sense the book would be the Business Requirements Document and Functional Specifications of the mind.
Major inspirations and sources of information were religions such as Christianity, the Greek Gods of Olympus, and Nordic religions. Adding to this, I discuss numerous existing psychological and psychometric concepts combined with experience and knowledge from 20 years of studying IQ, intelligence, giftedness, genius, attending and running high IQ societies.
Topics
- The mind as a thinking machine
- The model and steps of the thought process
- The types of intelligence, and their differences
- The mechanism of personality
- How we perceive other persons, our roles and associations
Author
Simon Chatzigiannis is a Business Analyst in Finance IT. He has spent many years living and studying in the United Kingdom, and currently lives in Luxembourg. He is the author of “Creative matrix puzzles: 50 of the world’s toughest puzzles to challenge your brain.”.
Simon has been reading about intelligence and IQ since 1998. Since 2013 he has been researching psychology of the unconscious and abnormal psychology. His main area of interest is functional / integrative psychology. Simon is currently developing a new area called “functional psychometry”, and is the first “functional psychometitor” in the world.
Through his work, Simon wishes to advance the field of psychometry to where it has not gone before, and so as to finally answer questions about the mind that have been asked for thousands of years.
Simon has been reading about intelligence and IQ since 1998. Since 2013 he has been researching psychology of the unconscious and abnormal psychology. His main area of interest is functional / integrative psychology. Simon is currently developing a new area called “functional psychometry”, and is the first “functional psychometitor” in the world.
Through his work, Simon wishes to advance the field of psychometry to where it has not gone before, and so as to finally answer questions about the mind that have been asked for thousands of years.
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Expected publication: Jan 2019
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Expected publication: Jan 2019
