Justin Humphreys

The Invention of Imagination (eBook, ePUB)

Aristotle, Geometry, and the Theory of the Psyche

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Aristotle was the first philosopher to divide the imaginationwhat he called phantasiafrom 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 cognitionwhich depends on the ability to "produce" and "see" a multitude of immaterial objectsand 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822989127
• Artikelnr.: 72253864

Autorenporträt

Justin Humphreys is assistant professor of philosophy at Villanova University. He earned his PhD at The New School for Social Research and has taught philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pennsylvania.