TY - JOUR
AU - Breitenbach, Angela
AB - 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.
TI - One Imagination in Experiences of Beauty and Achievements of Understanding
JO - The British Journal of Aesthetics
DO - 10.1093/aesthj/ayz048
DA - 2020-03-06
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/one-imagination-in-experiences-of-beauty-and-achievements-of-u4bAoLL0H9
SP - 71
EP - 88
VL - 60
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -