| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 209 pages) |
| Contents |
Images and percepts -- The mind's eye -- Imaginative seeing -- The space of imagery -- The picture theory of images -- What are dreams? -- Dream belief -- Delusion -- The imagination of the child -- Cognitive imagination -- Negation -- Meaning -- The Imagination spectrum |
| Summary |
"The guiding thread of this book is the distinction Colin McGinn draws between perception and imagination. Clearly, seeing an object is similar in certain respects to forming a mental image of it, but it is also different. McGinn shows what the differences are, arguing that imagination is a sui generis mental faculty. He goes on to discuss the nature of dreaming and madness, contending that these are primarily imaginative phenomena. In the second half of the book McGinn focuses on what he calls cognitive (as opposed to sensory) imagination, and investigates the role of imagination in logical reasoning, belief formation, the understanding of negation and possibility, and the comprehension of meaning. His overall claim is that imagination pervades our mental life, obeys its own distinctive principles, and merits much more attention."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2021. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Imagination (Philosophy)
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08.36 philosophical anthropology, philosophy of psychology.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body.
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Imagination (Philosophy)
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Philosophy of Mind
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Verbeelding.
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Filosofische aspecten.
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Imagination (Philosophy)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004047473 |
| ISBN |
9780674040816 |
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0674040813 |
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0674022475 |
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9780674022478 |
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