IMAGINATION MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE: THE EIGHT TYPES OF IMAGINATION WE USE
IMAGINATION MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE: THE EIGHT TYPES OF IMAGINATION WE USE
Author(s): Murray HunterSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: imagination; emotions; empathy; memory; fantasy; dreams
Summary/Abstract: This article considers the concept of imagination and the role it plays in constructing our reality. The author postulates that there are eight types of imagination, being effectuative imagination, intellectual imagination, imaginative fantasy, empathy, strategic imagination, emotional imagination, dreams, and memory reconstruction.
Journal: Review of Contemporary Philosophy
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 113-120
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
