Some Philosophical Implications of Dream Existence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2996455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gordon G Globus (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 24-27 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology of Consciousness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-4202 • E-ISSN: 1556-3537 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ac.1994.5.3.24 |
| OpenAlex | W2120213254 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Freud considered dreams to be compositions of past waking experiences but this theory is untenable: (1) the process of compositing disparate memories into the seamless dream life is miraculous, and (2) authentically novel dream worlds are experienced. Dennett makes dreams into purely cognitive affairs, a matter of scripts, denying their perceptual appearing. I suggest that dreams are de novo constructions of actual perceptual worlds, not put together from memory scraps. Implications for waking perception are considered
Cognition · Cognitive science · Dream · Epistemology · Perception · Psychoanalysis · Scripting language · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Sleep and Wakefulness Research
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2010 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |