Words and images [electronic resource] : an essay on the origin of ideas /
by Gauker, Christopher.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xii, 302 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191729225 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Idea (Philosophy) | Comprehension (Theory of knowledge)Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: For centuries philosophers have attempted to derive concepts from perceptual representations but have failed to explain how the mind generates the building blocks of thought. Gauker addresses this problem in a new account of imagistic cognition. He shows that much of cognition occurs by means of mental imagery, without the help of concepts.
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For centuries philosophers have attempted to derive concepts from perceptual representations but have failed to explain how the mind generates the building blocks of thought. Gauker addresses this problem in a new account of imagistic cognition. He shows that much of cognition occurs by means of mental imagery, without the help of concepts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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