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The imagery debate: Déjà-vu all over again?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Peter P. Slezak
Affiliation:
Program in Cognitive Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australiap.slezak@unsw.edu.au http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/sts/peter_slezak.html

Abstract

The imagery debate re-enacts controversies persisting since Descartes. The controversy remains important less for what we can learn about visual imagery than about cognitive science itself. In the tradition of Arnauld, Reid, Bartlett, Austin and Ryle, Pylyshyn's critique exposes notorious mistakes being unwittingly rehearsed not only regarding imagery but also in several independent domains of research in modern cognitive science.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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