Visual Thinking ≈ C

Contents

1. Early Stirrings – 1, Perception torn from thinking., 2. The Intelligence of Perception (i) – 13 Perception as cognition., 3. The Intelligence of Perception (ii) – 37 Subtracting the context., 4. Two and Two Together – 54 Relations depend on structure., 5. The Past in the Present – 80 Forces acting on memory., 6. The Images of Thought – 97 What are mental images like?, 7. Concepts Take Shape – 116 Abstract gestures., 8. Pictures, Symbols, and Signs – 135 The functions of images., 9. What Abstraction Is Not – 153 A harmful dichotomy., 10. What Abstraction Is – 153 Types and containers., 11. With Feet on the Ground – 188 Abstraction as withdrawal., 12. Thinking With Pure Shapes – 208 Numbers reflect life., 13. Words in Their Place – 226 Can one think in words?, 14. Art and Thought – 254 Thinking in children's drawings., 15. Models for Theory – 274Cosmological shapes., 16. Vision in Education – 294 What is art for?, 17. Notes – 317, 18. Bibliography – 325, 19. Index – 339