51-2412 Philosophy of Imagination

Artists have long considered the imagination as their unique provenance, but the imagination drives everything from engineering, marketing, cosmology and ethics. Aristotle describes the imagination as a faculty in humans (and most other animals) which produces, stores, and recalls the images used in a variety of cognitive activities, including those which motivate and guide action. Even our sleep is energized by the dreams of our involuntary imagination. This course will examine different theories about the imagination. We will reflect on the evolution and the cultures of imagination, and give special attention to the philosophy of mind approach, which sees imagination as a middle ground between conceptual and perceptual powers.

3 Credits
HU
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 52-112
Requirements 45 Credit Hours Complete