?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Unsolvable+Problems%2C+Visual+Imagery+and+Explanatory+Satisfaction&rft.creator=Krellenstein%2C+Marc&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=It+has+been+suggested+that+certain+problems+may+be+unsolvable+because+of+the+mind's+cognitive+structure%2C+but+we+may+wonder+what+problems%2C+and+exactly+why.+The+ultimate+origin+of+the+universe+and+the+mind-body+problem+seem+to+be+two+such+problems.+As+to+why%2C+Colin+McGinn+has+argued+that+the+mind-body+problem+is+unsolvable+because+any+theoretical+concepts+about+the+brain+will+be+observation-based+and+unable+to+connect+to+unobservable+subjective+experience.+McGinn's+argument+suggests+a+requirement+of+imagability+--+an+observation+basis+--+for+physical+causal+explanation+that+cannot+be+met+for+either+of+these+problems.+Acausal+descriptions+may+be+possible+but+not+the+causal+analyses+%0Athat+provide+the+greatest+explanatory+satisfaction%2C+a+%0Apsychological+phenomenon+that+seems+tied+to+the+strength+of+the+underlying+observation+basis+but+is+affected+by+other+factors+as+well.+%0A&rft.publisher=The+Institute+of+Mind+and+Behavior&rft.contributor=Russ%2C+Raymond+C.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fplain&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1957%2F1%2Ftemp.txt&rft.identifier=++Krellenstein%2C+Marc++(1995)+Unsolvable+Problems%2C+Visual+Imagery+and+Explanatory+Satisfaction.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1957%2F