Perceptual content and the content of mental imagery
Philosophical Studies 172 (7):1723-1736 (2015)
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Bence Nanay
University of Antwerp
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The aim of this paper is to argue that the phenomenal similarity between perceiving and visualizing can be explained by the similarity between the structure of the content of these two different mental states. And this puts important constraints on how we should think about perceptual content and the content of mental imagery
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| Keywords | Perceptual content Mental imagery Attention Determinacy Determinable/determinate properties Dependency Thesis |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11098-014-0392-y |
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Continuities and Discontinuities Between Imagination and Memory: The View From Philosophy.Kourken Michaelian, Denis Perrin & André Sant'Anna - forthcoming - In Anna Abraham (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Imagination. Cambridge University Press.
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