TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGinn,Colin
TI  - Mindsight: image, dream, meaning 
SN  - 0674015606 (alk. paper)
AV  - B105.I49 M36 2004
U1  - ARCH YNDC 128.3 M478M 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Imagination (Philosophy)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-210) and index; Images and percepts -- The mind's eye -- Imaginative seeing -- The space of imagery -- The picture theory of images -- What are dreams? -- Dream belief -- Delusion -- The imagination of the child -- Cognitive imagination -- Negation -- Meaning -- The Imagination spectrum
N2  - "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. He goes on to discuss the nature of dreaming and madness, contending that these are primarily imaginative phenomena. In the second half of the book McGinn focuses on what he calls cognitive (as opposed to sensory) imagination, and investigates the role of imagination in logical reasoning, belief formation, the understanding of negation and possibility, and the comprehension of meaning. His overall claim is that imagination pervades our mental life, obeys its own distinctive principles, and merits much more attention."--Jacket
ER  -