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Jesse Prinz on Thinking with Pictures
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Many philosophers deny the common sense view that we think with pictures. Are they right to do so? Jesse Prinz doesn't think so. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he explains to Nigel Warburton why we need to think again about thinking with pictures. This episode is part of the series Mind Bites, made in association with Nicholas Shea's AHRC-sponsored Meaning for the Brain and Meaning for the Person project.
Released:
Aug 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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