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The term '''eikasía''' ({{lang-grc|εἰκασία}}), meaning imagination in Greek, was used by [[Plato]] to refer to a human way of dealing with appearances.<ref>{{cite web| |
The term '''eikasía''' ({{lang-grc|εἰκασία}}), meaning imagination in Greek, was used by [[Plato]] to refer to a human way of dealing with appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?eikasia |title=eikasia |work=FOLDOC |accessdate=2006-06-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620035437/http://www.swif.uniba.it:80/lei/foldop/foldoc.cgi?eikasia |archivedate=2006-06-20 |df= }}</ref> |
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It is the inability to perceive whether a [[perception]] is an [[image]] of something else. It therefore prevents us from perceiving that a [[dream]] or [[memory]] or a reflection in a [[mirror]] is not [[reality]] as such. |
It is the inability to perceive whether a [[perception]] is an [[image]] of something else. It therefore prevents us from perceiving that a [[dream]] or [[memory]] or a reflection in a [[mirror]] is not [[reality]] as such. |
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Revision as of 11:16, 21 December 2016
The term eikasía (Ancient Greek: εἰκασία), meaning imagination in Greek, was used by Plato to refer to a human way of dealing with appearances.[1]
It is the inability to perceive whether a perception is an image of something else. It therefore prevents us from perceiving that a dream or memory or a reflection in a mirror is not reality as such.
References
- ^ "eikasia". FOLDOC. Archived from the original on 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
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