Mental images : a defence / Alastair Hannay.

Originally published: London : Allen & Unwin, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preface; Table of Contents; I Introduction; II Ryle and the Absent Host; 1 The linguistic illusion of immanence; 2 Rectifying the logic of mental-conduct concepts; 3 Understanding Ryle's programme for 'mental image'; 4 Ryle's arguments; 5 Mental conduct and the argument from whole to part; 6 Ryle and the analogy of depicting; III Shorter's Excuses; 1 The negative claim; 2 The nature of the fact that images are not seen.

3 A use for 'mental image' but not for 'see a mental image'4 The requirement of a complete parallel; 5 A use for 'seeing in the mind's eye'?; 6 Consistency and error in Shorter's account; 7 The positive claim and the force of the analogy of depicting; IV Sartre's Illusion of Transcendence; 1 Imaging and doing; 2 Difficulties of interpretation; 3 The imaging relation; 4 Objects and appearances; 5 Why is an image not an object?; 6 Hume and the illusion of immanence; 7 Sartre on imaging and the mind active; V To Be a Mental Image; 1 The unexplored parallel; 2 Seeing the second object.

3 Passing Dennett's acid test4 Conclusion; VI Wittgenstein on the Nature of Things; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding mental phenomena; 3 Images and outward criteria; 4 The denial of inner objects and processes; 5 Salvaging the mental image; 6 Wittgenstein's concern with images; VII Giving 'Imagination' a Use; 1 Introduction; 2 Fixing some concepts of imagination; 3 A non-Wittgensteinian concept; VIII Speculative Contexts; 1 Introduction; 2 Differences about imagination; 3 Personal activity and mental process; 4 Post-perceptual and pre-perceptual imaginings; 5 The point of dualism; References.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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