The Structural Unveiling of Insight: A Redefinition of Kakusen and Shunten via Mindflight Cognition

This paper aims to redefine the elusive phenomenon of "insight" from a structural and philosophical standpoint.The author proposes that within each moment of insight lies a dual-layered cognitive transformation:Kakusen, the instant in which pre-linguistic meaning emerges from a structure at its threshold, andShunten, the subsequent reconfiguration in which that meaning solidifies into a new worldview.These two transitions are articulated through the author’s theory of Mindflight Cognition,a model of non-linear thinking defined by six core capacities:structural overview, idea-germination sensitivity, cognitive path editing, and core-weight discovery.This model is further supported by the author's previous frameworks:the Structural Quotient (SQ), which maps four tiers of structural cognition, and the Universal Law of Structure,which posits that meaning is not attached to structure, but is structure itself.Through detailed case studies—from mathematical intuition and artistic ideation to historical anecdotes such as Archimedes’ “Eureka”—this paper argues that insight is not merely an accidental spark, but a reproducible and designable transformation of intelligence.Ultimately, the phenomenon of insight is recast as the emergence of thought itself—a moment when one's internal structure shifts, and a new ontology begins to take form.