The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination by Kind, Amy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgment Introduction: Exploring imagination

1 The nature of imagination 2 The uses of imagination Notes References

Part I: Historical treatments of imagination

1. Aristotle on phantasia

De Anima III.3: What phantasia is Phantasia: remembering and dreaming Thought and phantasia Phantasia and action Conclusion Notes References

2. Descartes

The problematics of imagination before Descartes Descartes, thinking through the tradition The transition to the canonical works Imagination after the Discourse Legacy Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

3. Hume

1 Introduction 2 Seeing, visualizing and the Copy Principle 3 Recalling, believing and imagining 4 Modal knowledge and imaginative resistance 5 Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

4. Kant’s theory of the imagination

1 Kant and the power of the imagination 2 The imagination in cognition and perception 3 The imagination in aesthetics 4 The moral imagination Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

5. Husserl

Imagining: a Husserlian description The immediacy of imagination: Husserl’s transcendental antirepresentationalism Imagining possibilities: imagination as indispensable element of the phenomenological method Imagining and picture consciousness: wider implications Notes Further reading References

6. Sartre

1 Phenomenology: the four characteristics 2 The scope of Sartre’s account: the image family 3 Imagining’s psychological substrate: the analogon 4 The significance of imagining Notes Further reading References

Part II: Contemporary discussions of imagination

7. Imagination and mental imagery

1 Introduction 2 Varieties of imagistic imaginings 3 Mental images and experiences 4 Purely imagistic imaginings and imagined experiences 5 Perspectives and experiences 6 Are images essential to the imagination? 7 Challenging cases 8 More challenging cases 9 Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

8. Imagination and belief

1 Properties of belief that imagination lacks 2 Properties of imagination that belief lacks 3 Nichols and Stich on pretense 4 Schellenberg on imaginative immersion and the belief–imagination continuum thesis 5 Egan on delusions 6 The norm-application theory Acknowledgments Notes References

9. Imagination and perception

1 Introduction 2 Mental imagery 3 The similarity between perception and mental imagery 4 The difference between perception and mental imagery 5 The interaction between perception and mental imagery 6 Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References

10. Imagination and memory

Introduction Propositional vs. experiential Distinguishing features? Context matters “False memories” “Mental time travel” Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

11. Imagination, dreaming, and hallucination

Imagination vs. hallucination Imagination model consideration 1: comparison between dreams and fictions Imagination model consideration 2: the normative status of dream states Imagination model consideration 3: psychological data Imagination model consideration 4: conceptual issues Hallucination model consideration 1: emotional engagement Hallucination model consideration 2: phenomenology Dreaming, imagination, and epistemology The imagination model and disjunctivism Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

12. Desire-like imagination

1 What are desire-like imaginings? 2 The case in favor 3 The case against 4 The state of the debate Acknowledgments Notes References

Part III: Imagination in aesthetics

13. Art and imagination

1 The creation of art 2 The ontology of art 3 Ideal appreciation 4 Appreciating art imaginatively 5 Imagination across the arts References

14. Music and imagination

Introduction The resemblance theory Persona theories Imagination without personae Conclusion References

15. Imagination and fiction

Methodology “Imagining Plus …” Friend’s “No Imagining” Matravers’ “No Imagining” “Imagining Only” Notes Further reading References

16. Fiction and emotion

The descriptive question The normative question Conclusion Acknowledgments References

Part IV: Imagination in philosophy of mind and cognitive science

17. The cognitive architecture of imaginative resistance

1 Imagination 2 Imaginative resistance 3 Cognitive imagination accounts 4 Conative imagination accounts 5 No-imagination accounts 6 Directions for future research Acknowledgments Notes References

18. Imagination and creativity

1 Kant 2 Sartre 3 Imagination, scientific discovery, and experiment 4 Conceptual and empirical relations Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References

19. Simulation theory

1 Introduction 2 The concept of simulation 3 High-level simulation 4 Low-level simulation 5 Conclusion Notes References

20. Imagination and the self

1 Introduction 2 Williams’s puzzle 3 The naive view and its critics 4 Contents as properties 5 Lakoff cases 6 Further issues Notes References

21. Imagination and action

Introduction: why imagination matters 1 Imagery-oriented action 2 Imaginative attitudes and desires in action 3 Constructive imagination and action choice Conclusion: acting in relation to possibilia Acknowledgments Notes Further reading References

22. Imagination and child development

Studying development can be informative for philosophy Pretend play Counterfactual reasoning Fictional stories The imagination/reality distinction Imagination in ASD Linking imaginative abilities with each other and other capacities Conclusion References

23. Imagination and pretense

1 What is pretense? 2 The proximal function of pretense 3 Do animals pretend? 4 The distal function of pretense: creativity 5 Conclusion Further reading References

24. Can animals imagine?

Mental imagery Perceiving as and pretending Creativity Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes References

25. Imagination and rationality

Counterfactuals and the imagination Counterfactuals and reasoning Dual possibilities Conclusions References

Part V: Imagination in ethics, moral psychology, and political philosophy

26. Moral imagination

Imagination as a key component of moral sentiment theories The marginalization of imagination in moral philosophy The movement toward a more constitutive view of imagination in moral cognition Dewey’s conception of moral imagination Moral imagination as simulation The scope of moral imagination References

27. Empathy and the imagination

The concept of empathy Empathy, knowledge of other minds, and the recreative imagination The importance of the empathic imagination for our moral and social identity Notes References

28. The ethics of imagination and fantasy

Introduction Deontic vs. evaluative questions Blame vs. disesteem The intrinsic value of imagined content Three kinds of imagining Notes Further reading References

29. Imagination and the Capabilities Approach

The Capabilities Approach in context Imagination as an essential complex capability Opportunities that can fuel imagination The capability of imagination in education Enlarging imagination’s prospects References

Part VI: Imagination in epistemology, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mathematics

30. Imagination and learning

Learning Imagining Reliable and unreliable imaginings Imaginings guided by fiction Learning to empathize Imagination and the messages in fiction Conclusion Notes References

31. Thought experiment and imagination

Advertised advantages of imagination Scientific thought experiments A Platonic account of thought experiment Describing mental imagery Deimagining thought experiments Empiricist approximations to rationalism Conflicting experiments and thought experiments Conflicting modes of imagination Propositional confusion Attitude confusion References

32. Imagination and modal epistemology

1 Skeptical worries and defeaters 2 Imagination-based modal epistemologies 3 Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References

33. Imagination in scientific modeling

Introduction Scientific modeling Abstract object views Indirect fiction views Direct fiction views Physical models Conclusion Further reading References

34. Imagination in mathematics

1 Imagination in mathematics in the classical era 2 Imagination in mathematics in the modern era 3 Imagination in mathematics since the nineteenth century 4 Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes References

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