The Invention of Imagination: Aristotle, Geometry and the Theory of the Psyche

A Provocative Examination of the Origin of Imagination Aristotle was the first philosopher to divide the imagination--what...
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Author: Justin Humphreys
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The Invention of Imagination: Aristotle, Geometry and the Theory of the Psyche by Humphreys, Justin

The Invention of Imagination: Aristotle, Geometry and the Theory of the Psyche

$179.33

The Invention of Imagination: Aristotle, Geometry and the Theory of the Psyche

$179.33
Author: Justin Humphreys
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A Provocative Examination of the Origin of Imagination

Aristotle was the first philosopher to divide the imagination--what he called phantasia--from other parts of the psyche, placing it between perception and intellect. A mathematician and philosopher of mathematical sciences, Aristotle was puzzled by the problem of geometrical cognition--which depends on the ability to "produce" and "see" a multitude of immaterial objects--and so he introduced the category of internal appearances produced by a new part of the psyche, the imagination. As Justin Humphreys argues, Aristotle developed his theory of imagination in part to explain certain functions of reason with a psychological rather than metaphysical framework. Investigating the background of this conceptual development, The Invention of Imagination reveals how imagery was introduced into systematic psychology in fifth-century Athens and ultimately made mathematical science possible. It offers new insights about major philosophers in the Greek tradition and significant events in the emergence of ancient mathematics while offering space for a critical reflection on how we understand ourselves as thinking beings.

Author: Justin Humphreys
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.34w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780822947400

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