Abstract The tradition of Kant’s critical philosophy developed the concept of imagination rigorously and productively. In this article, I shall defend the suitability of placing this concept in a paleoanthropological frame and linking it to the cognitive practices – predominantly sensorimotor, interactive and those directed at the emergence of technologies – which preceded and prepared for the advent of articulated speech. Special attention will be paid to the internalization processes of these practices and their effects on human conduct. On the basis of this discussion, I shall defend the theory by which the advent of denotative articulated speech entailed a profound reorganization of the technical performances attributable to the imagination and the relative internalization processes. Moreover, the origin of articulated speech inaugurated a singular story, that of the relationship between word and image. In my conclusions, I shall describe a major outcome of this within the framework of the new electronic technologies.

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想象力及其技术命运

摘要康德批判哲学的传统严格而富有成效地发展了想象的概念。在本文中，我将捍卫将这一概念置于古人类学框架中并将其与认知实践（主要是感觉运动，互动和针对技术兴起的认知实践）相联系的适当性，这些认知实践是为表达清晰的语音而进行的。将特别注意这些做法的内部化过程及其对人类行为的影响。在此讨论的基础上，我将捍卫理论，在这种理论中，指示性清晰表达的出现要求对归因于想象力和相对内在化过程的技术性能进行深刻的重组。此外，语音表达的起源开创了一个奇异的故事，即词与图像之间的关系。在我的结论中，我将在新的电子技术框架内描述其主要成果。