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Explaining the types of mental models to face the cognitive war

Document Type : Original Article

Author
خیابان دماوند،کوچه انیسی، شهرک19 قهمن،بلوک31،طیقه4 پلاک16
Abstract
This research explains how humans face cognitive warfare. Various mental models are identified to deal with this war. Because the cognitive war targets the knowledge of humans. n the cognitive war, the target of attack is both the emotional-emotional aspect and the rational aspect of human behavior as well as other aspects of human behavior. The main problem of the research is to explain the types of mental models in the face of the cognitive war. Because the method of descriptive research and analysis is the type of encounter of the human mind with cognitive warfareو Therefore, the researcher avoids the hypothesis and emphasizes the purpose of the research. The method of analysis is based on rational reasoning, The method of collecting library information and the collection tool is also the study of documents related to the research topic. The researcher has chosen the theory of levels of analysis attributed to Kenneth Waltz as a theoretical framework. And the individual level is the basis of analysis in this research. Therefore, he identified six models of the human mind (Cartesian mind, materialist evolutionary mind, Freudian mind, utilitarian mind, mind with limited rationality and religion-oriented mind. And he has analyzed the two-way confrontation of these six models of the mind with cognitive warfare. The innovation of the research is the analysis of cognitive warfare from the perspective of the human mind, which is the goal of cognitive warfare.
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  • Receive Date 27 October 2024
  • Revise Date 22 November 2024
  • Accept Date 23 September 2025