ABSTRACT
Cognition starts from a newborn’s sensory-motor reception. It occurs in the first human relational context called the home. Sensation, which is at the base of all intellectual knowledge, is primarily experienced at this period of the sensory formation; be it before, during, or after birth, in the human being’s primary environment: all humans are born. A theoretical review of Sarti’s scientific experimental thesis of response-transmission interaction inherent in all living beings and their surroundings paves the way for its psychological continuation in light of Piaget’s cognitive development stages. Piaget’s stages of early intellectual development best illustrate what could be taking place in a baby’s intellect, up to its adolescent age. Sanguineti’s metaphysical approach to the study of human cognition completes what may be lacking in both scientific and psychological analysis. In particular, a phenomenological exposition of the home’s role in applying the findings of all three different perspectives of human cognition shows to what extent human life is contextually configured and influenced by the way one’s early intellectual growth took place. In sum, the home is the key source of human intellectual progress for its eventual integration and excellence.
