The aphantasia paradox: a Sartrean update
Neuroscientific research into mental imagery often relies on David Hume’s view of visual imagination as weak perception. Arcangeli & Bartolomeo argue that Jean-Paul Sartre’s alternative framework—supported by recent findings on aphantasia—offers a more conceptually and empirically robust approach.
Authors
- Paolo Bartolomeo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2640-6426)
- Margherita Arcangeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3642-090X)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure (BI)
- Institut Jean Nicod (FR)
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (FR)
- Institut du Cerveau (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure d'Abidjan (CI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf233
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.02