Image, Imagination, and Cognition

2018-07-03 History

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Release : 2018-07-03
Genre : History
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Download or read book Image, Imagination, and Cognition written by . This book was released on 2018-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How were the relations among image, imagination and cognition characterized in the period 1500 – 1800? The authors of this volume argue that in those three centuries, a thoroughgoing transformation affected the following issues: (i) what it meant to understand phenomena in the natural world (cognition); (ii) how such phenomena were visualized or pictured (images, including novel types of diagrams, structural models, maps, etc.); and (iii) what role was attributed to the faculty of the imagination (psychology, creativity). The essays collected in this volume examine the new conceptions that were advanced and the novel ways of comprehending and expressing the relations among image, imagination, and cognition. They also shed light, from a variety of perspectives, on the elusive nexus of conceptions and practices.

Echo Objects

2007 Art

Author : Barbara Maria Stafford
Release : 2007
Genre : Art
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Download or read book Echo Objects written by Barbara Maria Stafford. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

The Image in Mind

2013-06-06 Religion

Author : Charles Taliaferro
Release : 2013-06-06
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book The Image in Mind written by Charles Taliaferro. This book was released on 2013-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. The authors begin by offering an account of modern scientific practice which gives a central place to the visual imagination and aesthetic values. They then move to test the explanatory power of naturalism and theism in accounting for consciousness and the very visual imagination and aesthetic values that lie behind and define modern science. Taliaferro and Evans argue that evolutionary biology alone is insufficient to account for consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. Insofar as naturalism is compelled to go beyond evolutionary biology, it does not fare as well as theism in terms of explanatory power.

Mental Images in Human Cognition

1991-06-25 Psychology

Author : R.H. Logie
Release : 1991-06-25
Genre : Psychology
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Download or read book Mental Images in Human Cognition written by R.H. Logie. This book was released on 1991-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the research efforts of individuals whose scientific expertise lies in reflection on what Sartre described as reflective acts. Theory in the cognitive psychology of mental imagery, endeavors not only being able to describe the contents and nature of mental imagery, but also being able to understand the underlying functional cognition. Psychologists need not solely rely on the techniques of introspection, and the last two decades have seen highly creative developments in techniques for eliciting behavioural data to be complemented by introspective reports. This level of sophistication has provided singular insights into the relationship between imagery and other consequential and universal aspects of human cognition: perception, memory, verbal processes and problem solving. The recognition that imagery, despite its ubiquitous nature, differs between individuals both in prevalence and in kind, and the dramatic rise in cognitive science has provided the additional potential for integrating our understanding of cognitive function with our understanding of neuroanatomy and of computer science. All of these relationships, developments and issues are dealt with in detail in this book, by some of the most distinguished authors in imagery research, working at present in both Europe and the USA.

Image and Mind

1980 Body, Mind & Spirit

Author : Stephen Michael Kosslyn
Release : 1980
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Download or read book Image and Mind written by Stephen Michael Kosslyn. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kosslyn makes an impressive case for the view that images are critically involved in the life of the mind. In a series of ingenious experiments, he provides hard evidence that people can construct elaborate mental images, search them for specific information, and perform such other internal operations as mental rotation.

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