Why Successful Performance in Imagery Tasks Does Not Require the Manipulation of Mental Imagery

• Authors: Thomas Park

Abstracts

EN

Nanay (2017) argues for unconscious mental imagery, inter alia based on the assumption that successful performance in imagery tasks requires the manipulation of mental imagery. I challenge this assumption with the help of results presented in Shepard and Metzler (1971), Zeman et al. (2010), and Keogh and Pearson (2018). The studies suggest that imagery tasks can be successfully performed by means of cognitive/propositional strategies which do not rely on imagery.

Keywords

EN

mental imagery; mental rotation; aphantasia; pain; unconscious imagery

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych - Centre for Philosophical Research
• Journal: Avant
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Thomas Park

• Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.26913/avant.2019.02.02

Biblioteka Nauki

2200265