A Theory of Imagining, Knowing, and Understanding

By: Tateo, Luca

1. Introduction: the myth of Hippocrene

Epistemic value of imaginative processes

Leonardo's imagination

2. A glance on imaginative processes

5000 shades of imagining

From shades to periodic table of elements

3. Imagination in science

Science driven by the power of imaginative activity

4. A brief history of an unachieved definition

Giambattista Vico and imagination as force of civilization

Looking for a definition

5. Imaginative processes and generalization

Knowing through imagining

Thought experiments and utopias

Expansive imagination

1. Conclusion: how can we build a theory of imagining

Sociogenesis of imagining

Educating imagining

2. References

3. Commentary 1: "Don't block the path of inquiry" Imagination, inquiry, and knowledge, Maria Virginia Dazzani & Waldomiro Silva Filho

4. Commentary 2: Imagination in Science, Luana Poliseli & Charbel N. El-Hani

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030380246
• ISBN13: 9783030380243
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"