Matravers, Derek
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12577 |
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Abstract
Opponents of “the dependency thesis” (the view that when we visualize an F what we do is imagine seeing an F) have used an analogy between visualizing and viewing visual representations to bolster their skepticism. This article explores this analogy and argues that when we set out to visualize an F, sometimes what we visualize is either (1) influenced by our prior exposure to visual representations of an F or (2) best described as a visual representation of an F. The ramifications of this are explored, both in the light of arguments over the dependency thesis, and also in the light of the surprising data that suggest that at least during the 1940s and 1950s, people dreamed in black and white.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2018 The American Society of Aesthetics |
| ISSN: | 1540-6245 |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Item ID: | 55226 |
| Depositing User: | Derek Matravers |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2018 08:06 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2019 04:38 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/55226 |
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