The Imaginary Book

	Historical introduction
Pt. I	The certain	1
1	Description	4
	The method	4
	First characteristic : the image is a consciousness	5
	Second characteristic : the phenomenon of quasi-observation	8
	Third characteristic : the imaging consciousness posits its object as a nothingness	11
	Fourth characteristic : spontaneity	14
2	The image family	17
	Image, portrait, caricature	17
	Sign and portrait	21
	From sign to image : consciousness of imitations	25
	From sign to image : schematic drawings	29
	Faces in the fire, spots on walls, rocks in human form	35
	Hypnagogic images, scenes and persons seen in coffee grounds, in a crystal ball	37
	From portrait to mental image	50
	Mental image	52
Pt. II	The probable	55
	Knowledge	57
	Affectivity	57
	Movements	68
	The role of the word in the mental image	83
	The mode of appearance of a thing in the mental image	85
Pt. III	The role of the image in psychic life	95
	The symbol	97
	Symbolic schemas and illustrations of thought	107
	Image and thought	112
	Image and perception	120
Pt. IV	The imaginary life	123
	The Irreal object	125
	Conduct in the face of the Irreal	136
	Pathology of the imagination	148
	The dream	159
	Conclusion	177
	Notes	195
	Index	204