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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science
  • Epistemology

Background:

  • The nature of imagination and its limits are central to understanding cognition.
  • Previous philosophical discussions have explored the possibility of imagining one thing as another.
  • The relationship between imagination, perception, and qualitative experience requires further clarification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the boundaries of imaginative capacity, specifically concerning sensory experiences.
  • To argue against the possibility of imagining a present sensory experience with a different qualitative character.
  • To explore the implications of this argument for theories of depiction and representation.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of imagination and sensory experience.
  • Thought experiments involving object substitution and activity transformation.
  • Argumentation concerning the nature of qualitative character in perception.

Main Results:

  • It is possible to imagine one object as another (e.g., a banana as a phone receiver).
  • It is possible to imagine one activity as another (e.g., flapping arms as flying).
  • Crucially, one cannot imagine a present sensory experience as having a different qualitative character.

Conclusions:

  • The capacity for imaginative transformation is limited when it comes to the qualitative feel of direct sensory experience.
  • This limitation has significant implications for philosophical accounts of mental representation and depiction.
  • Understanding these limits informs our understanding of consciousness and subjective experience.