In
the tradition of Rene Descartes, Jean-Paul Sartre in The Imaginary added his insights into the philosophy of mind
through his analysis of the imaging consciousness. In particular, his
discussions on the differences among perception, conception and imagining
identify the nuances among these modes of consciousness. Though he didn’t have
as much empirical data from neurobiology as we have nowadays in the age of AI,
his ideas provide some fundamentals of the philosophy of mind that help us
understand about how we form images in our minds. Recommended for those
interested in the philosophy of mind as well as existentialism.
Leonard Seet is the author of the novels Magnolias in Paradise and Meditation on Space-Time. His articles and short fiction have appeared in Duende Literary Journal, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, and Pilcrow & Dagger.
Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Imaginary
Leonard Seet is the author of the novels Magnolias in Paradise and Meditation On Space-Time. His short fiction have appeared in the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Banana Writers and Pilcrow & Dagger. Through his writings, he probes the dynamics of existence, including human consciousness, good and evil, and rationality and spirituality.
He received the B.S. in Physics and B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Georgetown University.
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