Researcher ORCID Identifier
0009-0003-0818-2355
Graduation Year
2023
Date of Submission
5-2023
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
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Professor Amy Kind
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2023 Zhang Yaqin
Abstract
I endeavor to present a comprehensive understanding of imagination by adopting the embodiment theory of the mind. In the first chapter, I discussed the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and contemporary computationalism, the Kantian framework, as well as the embodiment theory. I then focused on imagination, highlighting the shortcomings of computationalism and the Kantian framework in explaining various types of imagination. I explored the interconnectedness of imagination with other cognitive states, particularly perception and supposition. Finally, I contended that the imaginative resistance puzzle cannot be resolved if imagination is treated as a separate cognitive activity detached from embodied experience and embedded environment.
Recommended Citation
zhang, yaqin, "The Theory of Embodied Imagination" (2023). CMC Senior Theses. 3232.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3232
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