Words and images: an essay on the origin of ideas
Auteur :
Gauker, Christopher
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199599462
Date de publication :
30 juin 2011
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,1 x 3,2 cm
Poids :
656 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.