The Poetic Apriori: Philosophical Imagination in a Meaningful Universe / / Raymond C. Barfield, Alexander Gungov, Donald Verene

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960205703321
• Autore: Barfield Raymond C, Prof
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hannover, : ibidem, 2020
• ISBN: 9783838273501; 3838273508
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 pages)
• Collana: Studies in Historical Philosophy ; 2
• Disciplina: 128.3
• Soggetti: Meaning (Philosophy); Universals (Philosophy); Imagination (Philosophy)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Imagination and our experience of the universe -- Imagination and our knowledge of creation and God -- Imagination and the holy -- Imagination and love -- Imagination and mythic discovery -- Imagination and created things -- Imagination and the lonely mind -- Imagination and partnership with God to create a world -- Imagination and seeing through naming -- Imagination and the analogia entis.
• Sommario/riassunto: Theories about the nature and function of philosophical imagination depend on our understanding of what kind of universe we inhabit. Some theories are compelling if the universe is meaningful as a whole, but they make no sense if it is not. Raymond C. Barfield discusses conditions that would be necessary if the universe is meaningful as a whole, and then develops a theory of philosophical imagination in light of that starting place. The theory moves toward the conclusion that if the universe is meaningful as a whole, the concept of the analogia entis, the analogy of being, illuminates philosophical imagination in a way that changes our understanding of its function and potential, along with the value of its discoveries through the things it creates.