Imagination As A Lens

Project Information

IAL

Grant agreement ID: 794699

DOI

10.3030/794699

Project terminated on 16 August 2019

EC signature date 19 March 2018

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 31 August 2020

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 160 800,00

EU contribution

€ 160 800,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
Belgium

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - IAL (Imagination As A Lens)

Reporting period: 2018-09-01 to 2020-08-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The aim of the project was to try to work out what it is that we mean when we talk of the imagination. In more detail, the aim was argue for a unified conception of imagination, the lens approach, via three research objectives: (1) to motivate a unified conception of imagination by arguing that it’s possible and desirable; (2) to articulate and argue for the lens approach as the best such conception; (3) to apply the approach to two problems of imagination, thus demonstrating its utility. The project's importance owes to to the central place imagination takes in our thinking about how we interact with others, appreciate art, and perform other important social functions.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

During the reporting period, the main researcher conducted philosophical research into the questions of the project, resulting in a number of papers submitted for publication, and a draft of a book proposal.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The project was curtailed early, owing to the researcher's acceptance of a permanent academic position. The results described above thus encompass the results of the entire project. Progress beyond the state of the art has been made in critiquing currently prevalent views of imagination in philosophy, and advancing an alternative. Wider societal implications are hard to discern at present, but may emerge in the future.

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