Re-enchanting the world: The role of imagination in perception
(2010)
Journal Article
Lennon, K. (2010). Re-enchanting the world: The role of imagination in perception. Philosophy : the journal of the British Institute of Philosophical Studies, 85(3), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819110000239
This paper defends what the philosopher Merleau Ponty coins 'the imaginary texture of the real'. It is suggested that the imagination is at work in the everyday world which we perceive, the world as it is for us. In defending this view a concept of t... Read More about Re-enchanting the world: The role of imagination in perception.