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Mental Imagery and Perception: same or different kind? An overview of Perceptualism
Scheda Sintetica
Autore: Vincenzo Grasso
Relatore: Alberto Voltolini
Università: Università degli Studi di Torino
Facoltà: Dipartimento di Filosofia e Scienze della Educazione
Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Filosofia
Data di Discussione: 05/07/2022
Voto: 110 cum laude
Disciplina: Mind & Language
Tipo di Tesi: di Ricerca
Altri Relatori: Fiora Salis
Lingua: Inglese
Grande Area: Area Umanistica
Dignità di Stampa: Si
Descrizione:
Do imagery and perception belong to the same kind of mental state or do they differ fundamentally? Imagery, in fact, has a distinct perceptual character: it manifests in all sensory modalities and shares important similarities with perception (while there are also significant differences to consider). The term “perceptualism” refers to the view that imagery cannot be understood apart from perception (Cavedon-Taylor, 2021). The purpose of this work is to discuss Perceptualism in its two interpretations (“strong” and “weak” perceptualism) and determine which one provides the most accurate treatment of this alleged relationship. In Chapter 1, I introduce the complex realm of imagination and offer reasons for investigating imagery’s perceptual nature. In Chapter 2, I discuss Weak Perceptualism (Martin, 2002; Soteriou, 2013), the view that while imagery is similar to perception, it is still a distinct mental state. In Chapter 3, I discuss Strong Perceptualism (Nanay, 2016), which contends t ...