One Imagination in Experiences of Beauty and Achievements of Understanding
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Breitenbach, Angela https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6844-006X
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I argue for the unity of imagination in two prima facie diverse contexts: experiences of beauty and achievements of understanding. I develop my argument in three steps. First, I begin by describing a type of aesthetic experience that is grounded in a set of imaginative activities on the part of the person having the experience. Second, I argue that the same set of imaginative activities that grounds this type of aesthetic experience also contributes to achievements of understanding. Third, I show that my unified account of imagination has important implications: it sheds light on two puzzling phenomena, the aesthetic value of science and the cognitive value of art.
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British Journal of Aesthetics
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0007-0904
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60
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Oxford University Press
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Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (via Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS))
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