Gauker, Christopher.
Words and images an essay on the origin of ideas / [electronic resource] : Christopher Gauker. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 302 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191729225 (ebook) : No price
Idea (Philosophy)
Comprehension (Theory of knowledge)
BD220
121.4
Words and images an essay on the origin of ideas / [electronic resource] : Christopher Gauker. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 302 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191729225 (ebook) : No price
Idea (Philosophy)
Comprehension (Theory of knowledge)
BD220
121.4