Living Forms of the Imagination

Living Forms of the Imagination
ISBN-10
056755127X
ISBN-13
9780567551276
Category
Religion
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2008-02-28
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Douglas Hedley

Description

"This book is essential reading for those interested in the imagination, epistemology, naturalism, and the philosophy of religion." - Charles Taliaferro, Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, Minnesota The role of imagination in psychology, ethics and aesthetics provides a good analogy for thinking about the imagination in religious belief. in dealing with the inner lives of other human beings, moral values or aesthetic qualities we need to employ the imagination: to suppose, form hypotheses, empathize or imaginatively engage with alien people or worlds in order to understand. Just as we use the imagination to relate to other minds, appreciate beauty and understand goodness, we need imagination to engage with God's action in the world.

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