Bence Nanay’s Mental Imagery (OUP) is an impressive work that provides a comprehensive neurofunctional exploration of the idea that mental imagery is “perceptual representation that is not directly triggered by sensory input” (p. 4). Bence’s ability to combine sophisticated philosophical analyses with careful discussion of a huge amount of empirical …
Dr Andrea Blomkvistandrea.blomkvist@glasgow.ac.ukCentre for the Study of Perceptual ExperienceUniversity of Glasgow One of the most imagination-capturing concepts discussed in Bence Nanay’s recent book Mental Imagery (Nanay, 2024) is unconscious mental imagery. For many of us, mental imagery seems inherently phenomenally conscious (see for example Kung, 2010). But in Nanay’s book, …
Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience. Not really a Precis.Bence Nanay Let’s assume you’re reading this piece on your phone – a reasonable assumption these days. And let’s assume you’re reading it while standing in line at the checkout of your grocery store – a good time to read a short …
Mindcraft is a series of opinion posts on current issues in cognitive science by Brains Blog founder Gualtiero Piccinini. Do you agree? Disagree? Please contribute on the discussion board below! If you’d like to write a full-length response, please contact editor Dan Burnston. Function Drives Structural Development: Lessons for the …
This is the inaugural post in our series “Spotlights on Computational Neuroscience”. Spotlight posts are invited submissions from leading neuroscientists that highlight both cutting edge research and general conception issues arising within the neurosciences. We are thrilled to have A. David Redish kick off this series with a great post …
CFA: 7th Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) Annual Workshop Host: University of Miami (FL) Department of Philosophy May 13-14, 2025 Call for Abstracts: We invite authors to submit abstracts of up to 750-words for the upcoming 7th annual Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) workshop by March 4th, 2025. The workshop will take …
