Words and Images: An Essay on the Origin of Ideas

Words and Images: An Essay on the Origin of Ideas 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. Autor: Christopher (University of Cincinnati) Gauker Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press Rok wydania: 2013 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 316 Wymiary: 23.4 x 15.7 x 1.7 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780199684748