Imagination As A Lens

Projektinformationen

IAL

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 794699

DOI

10.3030/794699

Das Projekt endete am 16 August 2019

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 19 März 2018

Startdatum 1 September 2018

Enddatum 31 August 2020

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten

€ 160 800,00

EU-Beitrag

€ 160 800,00

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
Belgium

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

Berichtszeitraum: 2018-09-01 bis 2020-08-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

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.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

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.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

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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