The psychology of imagination / Jean-Paul Sartre ; translated by Bernard Frechtman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 (Author)
Other Authors:	Frechtman, Bernard (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	New York, Washington Square Press 1966.
Edition:	Washington Square Press edition
Subjects:	Imagination. Psychology. Imagination
Uniform Title:	Imagination.

Table of Contents:

Part one. The certain
1. Description
the method
first characteristic: the image is a consciousness
second characteristic: the phenomenon of quasi observation
third characteristic: the imaginative consciousness posits its object as nothingness
fourth characteristic: spontaneity
2. The image family
image, portrait, caricature
the sign and the portrait
from sign to image: the consciousness of imitations
from sign to image: schematic drawings
faces in the fire, spots on walls, rocks in human form
hypnagogic images, scenes and persons seen in coffee-grounds, in a crystal ball
from the portrait to the mental image
the mental image
Part two. The probably
knowledge
affectivity
movements
the role of the word in the mental image
how the thing appears in the mental image
Part three. The role of the image in mental life
the symbol
symbolic schemes and illustrations of thought
image and thought
image and perception
Part four. The imaginary life
the unreal object
the unreal and behavior
pathology of the imagination
the dream
Conclusion
consciousness and imagination
the work of art.

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