Words and images : an essay on the origin of ideas
Gauker, ChristopherAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
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.
Defining the question -- The Lockean theory -- The Kantian theory -- Regions of similarity space -- The Sellarsian theory -- Imagistic cognition -- Similarity without concepts -- Cooperation by means of words -- Thinking in language.
Comprehension (Theory of knowledge)
Idea (Philosophy)
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
Speculative Philosophy