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OverviewSamantha Matherne defends a systematic interpretation of the philosopher Immanuel Kant's theory of imagination. To this end, she offers an account of what kind of mental capacity Kant takes imagination to be in general, as well as an account of the way in which we use this capacity in theoretical, aesthetic, and practical contexts. In contrast with more traditional theories of imagination, as a kind of fantasy that we exercise only in relation to objects that are not real or not present, Matherne argues that Kant theorizes imagination as something that we exercise just as much in relation to objects that are real and present. Thus she attributes to Kant a view of imagining as something that pervades our lives. In order to bring out this pervasiveness, Matherne explores Kant's account of how we exercise our imagination in perception, ordinary experience, the appreciation of beauty and sublimity, the production of art, the pursuit of happiness, and the pursuit of morality. However, she also argues that Kant's analysis of this wide range of phenomena is underwritten by a unified theory of what imagination is, as a remarkably flexible cognitive capacity that we can exercise in constrained and creative, playful and serious ways. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samantha Matherne (Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 6.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.824kg ISBN: 9780198898283ISBN 10: 0198898282 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 07 May 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Imagination in General 1: Imagination as a Cognitive Capacity 2: Imagination and the Two Stems of Cognition 3: Imagination Is Part of Sensibility 4: Three Definitions of Imagination Part II Imagination in Perception and Experience 5: Empirical Imagination in Perception and Experience 6: A Priori Imagination and the Conditions of Experience I: The Transcendental Deduction 7: A Priori Imagination and the Conditions of Experience II: The Schematism Part III Imagination in Aesthetics 8: Imagination and the Appreciation of Beauty 9: Artistic Imagination 10: Imagination and the Sublime Part IV Imagination in Practical Agency and Morality 11: The Possibility of Moral Imagination 12: Imaginative Sight and the Faculty of Desire 13: Imaginative Exhibition in Morality ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationSamantha Matherne is the Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of Humanities in the Philosophy Department at Harvard University. She is the author of Cassirer for the Routledge Philosophers Series and one of the authors of The Geography of Taste, along with Dominic McIver Lopes, Mohan Matthen, and Bence Nanay (OUP 2024). She is the editor of the first English translation of the work of the German philosopher, Edith Landmann-Kalischer: Edith Landmann-Kalischer: Essays on Art, Aesthetics, and Value, translated by Daniel Dahlstrom (in Oxford's New History of Philosophy Series, 2023). She has also published articles on Immanuel Kant, Post-Kantian traditions, and Aesthetics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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