"When Paul Ricoeur died in 2005, the New York Times described him as "one of the most eminent philosophers of the twentieth century." In his lifetime, Ricoeur published influential works on language, memory, identity, and history, creating an innovative blend of hermeneutics and pheno...

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Main Author:	Ricur, Paul 1913-2005 (Author)
Other Authors:	Taylor, George H. 1951- (Editor), Sweeney, Robert Dale (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; Londo The University of Chicago Press 2024
Subjects:	Ideengeschichte Einbildungskraft Imagination Imagination (Philosophy) Fiction Roman fiction (general genre) Lecture lectures Lectures Conférences
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"When Paul Ricoeur died in 2005, the New York Times described him as "one of the most eminent philosophers of the twentieth century." In his lifetime, Ricoeur published influential works on language, memory, identity, and history, creating an innovative blend of hermeneutics and phenomenology. Despite his major interest in the imagination, however, he never wrote a complete text on the topic. The present volume, Lectures on Imagination, fills this gap, providing an indispensable resource for philosophically inclined readers from all backgrounds. Over the course of these lectures, Ricoeur examines classical and contemporary philosophical theories of imagination, ranging from thinkers such as Aristotle, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant to Husserl, Wittgenstein, Sartre, and Ryle. He argues that, with few exceptions, Western philosophy has focused on reproductive rather than productive imagination, thus diminishing the creative capacity of the human mind. For Ricoeur, productive imagination is a form of fiction-a new dimension of reality generated by the human mind. His theory has far-reaching implications. In all domains, we are not restricted by existing structures or institutions, because the productive imagination has the power to break through and transform our sense of our own horizons"--
Item Description:	Editor's introduction / George H. Taylor. -- Part one : classical readings. Aristotle; Pascal and Spinoza; Hume; Kant : Critique of pure reason; Kant : Critique of judgment -- Part two : modern readings. Ryle; Ryle (2) and Price; Wittgenstein; Husserl : Logical investigations; Husserl : Ideas; Sartre (1); Sartre (2); Sartre (3) -- Part three : imagination as fiction. Fiction (1) : introduction; Fiction (2) : metaphor; Fiction (3) : painting; Fiction (4): models; Fiction (5) : poetic language
Physical Description:	XL, 351 Seiten
ISBN:	9780226820538