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Imagination, philosophy: imaginations are mental representations of non-present situations, events, states, sensory perceptions, experiences with certain characteristics, tones, sound sequences, sounds, noises, voices, smells, heat, coldness etc. The imagination of something undefined is not possible. Understanding a sentence can create an idea of the corresponding situation or image. See also representations past, future, mental states._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Franz Brentano on Imagination - Dictionary of Arguments
Metzinger I 397 Imagination/Consciousness/Brentano: "The idea of the tone and the idea of the idea of the tone build no more than a single psychic phenomenon". "In the same psychological phenomenon in which the sound is presented, we collect also the mental phenomenon itself." - For the first time appearance of a "higher order consciousness" in philosophy. >Description levels, >Levels (Order), >Order. _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Brent I F. Brentano Psychology from An Empirical Standpoint (Routledge Classics) London 2014 Metz I Th. Metzinger (Hrsg.) Bewusstsein Paderborn 1996 |