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Imagining is a central power of the mind. When we visualise how something looks, or imagine how some combination of ingredients might taste, we picture absent things in a way that captures what it would be like to experience them. This book offers an original theory of the nature of this important m...

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Main Author:	Hopkins, Robert, 1964- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Image (Philosophy) Visualization > Philosophy. Image (Philosophie) Visualisation > Philosophie. Aesthetics. PHILOSOPHY. Epistemology. Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge. Philosophy. Imagining, imagination, visualizing, sensory imagining, agency, episodic memory, perception, emotion, affect, aesthetic engagement Electronic books.
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Summary:	Imagining is a central power of the mind. When we visualise how something looks, or imagine how some combination of ingredients might taste, we picture absent things in a way that captures what it would be like to experience them. This book offers an original theory of the nature of this important mental phenomenon and its role is in our lives.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations.
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780198896197 0198896190 9780191998164 0191998168