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The Hidden History of Imagination

The paper deals with the changing fortunes of the concept of imagination in philosophy: from epistemology to aesthetics, the concept is sometimes exalted and sometimes denigrated. From Aristotle to cognitive science, from Plato to contemporary theory, imagination has a hidden history. Is it one of the basic human faculties or a concept like the notorious phlogiston, purported to explain the process of burning? The paper exemplifies the overall question by reconstructing the relationship between mental images and imagination.

imagination, epistemology, aesthetics, Aristotle, Plato, cognitive science, the notorious phlogiston, mental images

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