
Words and Images
An Essay on the Origin of Ideas
Edición de la obra Words and images
| Autor | Christopher Gauker |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 316 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780199684748 |
| OCLC | 841671988 |
| Número de Cutter | G268w |
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.