<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper I argue that in addition to the three generally recognized kinds of <italic>de re</italic> thought, i.e., perception-based, memory-based and communication-based thought, there is a kind of <italic>de re</italic> thought, which is based on image and cannot be assimilated to any of these recognized kinds of <italic>de re</italic> thought. I call it simply image-based <italic>de re</italic> thought. Although image-based thought shares some similarities with the other kinds of <italic>de re</italic> thought, it should and can be distinguished from each of them. The focus of this paper is on the distinction between image-based thought and perception-based thought, as it is this distinction that is either overlooked or denied by philosophers who have no difficulty seeing the distinct role of images in our thinking about things in the world.</p></abstract>

In this paper I argue that in addition to the three generally recognized kinds of de re thought, i.e., perception-based, memory-based and communication-based thought, there is a kind of de re thought, which is based on image and cannot be assimilated to any of these recognized kinds of de re thought. I call it simply image-based de re thought. Although image-based thought shares some similarities with the other kinds of de re thought, it should and can be distinguished from each of them. The focus of this paper is on the distinction between image-based thought and perception-based thought, as it is this distinction that is either overlooked or denied by philosophers who have no difficulty seeing the distinct role of images in our thinking about things in the world.

Image-based <italic>de re</italic> thought

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In this paper I argue that in addition to the three generally recognized kinds of de re thought, i.e., perception-based, memory-based and communication-based...

Image-based de re thought

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 317 - 333

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2008-0004

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