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| Imagination: Imagination (German „Einbildungsraft“) in philosophy is the ability to imagine things that are not directly perceived. It enables us to develop new ideas, create art and solve complex problems. Philosophers have considered the imagination as both a source of creativity and deception and have investigated its role in the acquisition of knowledge. See also Knwoledge._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Steven Pinker on Imagination - Dictionary of Arguments
I 356 Mental picture/Pinker: two-and-a-half dimensional sketch in long-term memory - for computer theory easy- an equilateral triangle stands on a circle: here no points are shown, but relations are expressed. >Seeing/Pinker. I 360 Example: one is richer than another, but poorer than a third: is often treated as mental picture. - But conceptual representation is structured quite differently. - E.g. grin without a cat is conceptually possible but not like mental picture. >Representation/Pinker. I 367 Images can neither serve as terms nor as a word meaning in our inner dictionary. - PinkerVsTradition: mental picture is not mixed or without contours. I 370 Thoughts are never ambiguous, images are. >Picture, >Image, >Ambiguity._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Pi I St. Pinker How the Mind Works, New York 1997 German Edition: Wie das Denken im Kopf entsteht München 1998 |
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