Cambridge / London: Harvard University Press, 2004. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Hardcover. Bound in quarter dark teal cloth with light teal paper boards and silver foil text on the spine. How to imagine the imagination is a topic that draws philosophers the way flowers draw honeybees. From Plato and Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Sartre, philosophers have talked and written about this most elusive of topics--that is, until contemporary analytic philosophy of mind developed. Perhaps it is the vast range of the topic that has scared off our contemporaries, ranging as it does from mental images to daydreams. The guiding thread of this book is the distinction Colin McGinn draws between perception and imagination. Clearly, seeing an object is similar in certain respects to forming a mental image of it, but it is also different. McGinn shows what the differences are, arguing that imagination is a sui generis mental faculty. 20ppp. Pictorial dustjacket.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are tight. Dustjacket has only very light rubbing. Full refund if not satisfied.

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Bookseller: Shelley and Son Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 073532
Title: Mindsight: Image, Dream, Meaning
Author: Colin McGinn
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0674015606
ISBN 13: 9780674015609
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge / London
Date Published: 2004
Size: 5x1x8
Keywords: imagination, epistemology of perception, metaphysics, dreaming, psychosis, linguistics
Bookseller catalogs: Philosophy;
X weight: 15 oz

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