DOI: 10.17072/2078-7898/2018-3-375-383

Transcendental unity of apperception in patients with mental disorders

Elena V. Kosilova
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Associate Professor of the Departament
of Ontology and Gnoseology

Lomonosov Moscow State University,
27/4, Lomonosovsky av., Moscow, 119991, Russia;
e-mail: implicatio@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-2261-7680

The paper deals with transcendental unity of apperception in patients with mental disorders: schizophrenia, chronic delusional disorder and autistic spectrum disorders. In schizophrenia, in the state of ontological insecurity, the Self divides into true and false ones. The apperception transcendental unity connects with false Self, and the person feels the loss of his true Self. Persons with the divided Self use a special language, which causes misunderstanding with others. In this case we need to provide such conditions of security for the patient, in which his true Self could be combined with his false Self so that the transcendental unity of apperception could restore. In delusional disorder, the deep intentionality corrupts, which results in the shift of the personality core. The transcendental unity of apperception connects with the corrupted core, but does not get corrupted itself. The task in such a case is to establish the communication with the patient on the area of his senses, to establish emphatic relations with him, and to socialize him. In autistic spectrum disorder, the transcendental unity of apperception almost disappears, because the inner space of consciousness is not formed. In this case task is to restore the normotypical structure of subjectivity: the formation of the inner space of consciousness, the improving of the transcendental unity of apperception. A general method of such improving is recommended.

Keywords: transcendental unity of apperception, schizophrenia, delusional disorder, autism, intentionality, deep core of personality.

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Received 10.06.2018

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Kosilova E.V. Transcendental unity of apperception in patients with mental disorders // Perm University Herald. Series «Philosophy. Psychology. Sociology». 2018. Iss. 3. P. 375–383. DOI: 10.17072/2078-7898/2018-3-375-383