Einstein held that imagination is more important than knowledge: 'I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.' I define ...

Stoic philosophy teaches that we suffer more in imagination than in reality — and that true peace and strength come not from ...

Focuses first on imagination as a function of mind, placing it in relation to other functions such as perception, emotion, and conceptualization. Attention is then given to the difference between the ...

A popular view has it that the mental representations underlying human pretense are not beliefs, but are "belief-like" in important ways. This view typically posits a distinctive cognitive attitude (a ...

Engaging the thought of the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard, I challenge a tendency within the analytic tradition of philosophy on the subject of meaning in life. Taking as a starting point ...

In a discussion on philosophy, Bertrand Russell defines philosophy as speculation about matters beyond current scientific knowledge. He contrasts philosophy with science, stating that while science ...

B.A. Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia M.Litt., University of St. Andrews M.A. Boston College Maria Gallego-Ortiz is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at Boston College. She holds an MA in Philosophy ...

On January 31, 2019, the Binghamton University Art Museum opened the exhibition, Visions and Imagination: Cuban American and Argentinian Art. The show features paintings and drawings by leading ...