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[from 'Rationality and Logic' by Robert Hanna, in 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought ]

Full Idea

In the debate in cognitive science on the nature of mental imagery, there is a 'depictivist' side (Johnson-Laird, Kosslyn, Shepard - good images are isomorphic), and a 'descriptivist' or 'propositionalist' side (Pylyshyn and others).

Gist of Idea

Should we take the 'depictivist' or the 'descriptivist/propositionalist' view of mental imagery?

Source

Robert Hanna (Rationality and Logic [2006], 6.6)

Book Reference

Hanna,Robert: 'Rationality and Logic' [MIT 2006], p.194


A Reaction

Hanna votes firmly in favour of the first view, and implies that they have more or less won the debate.