The invention of imagination : Aristotle, geometry, and the theory of the psyche /
Aristotle was the first philosopher to divide the imagination--what he called phantasia--from other parts of the psyche, placing it between perception and intellect. A mathematician and philosopher of mathematical sciences, Aristotle was puzzled by the problem of geometrical cognition--which depends...
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2023]
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Prologue
- 1. Images and appearances
- 2. Powers of the psyche
- 3. Imagination defined
- 4. Dreaming and daydreaming
- 5. Abstracting
- 6. Geometrical thinking
- 7. Wishing
- 8. Deliberating
- 9. Shame and the other
- Epilogue.