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Imagination, philosophy: imaginations are mental representations of non-present situations, events, states, sensory perceptions, experiences with certain characteristics, tones, sound sequences, sounds, noises, voices, smells, heat, coldness etc. The imagination of something undefined is not possible. Understanding a sentence can create an idea of the corresponding situation or image. See also representations past, future, mental states.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Hans Vaihinger on Imagination - Dictionary of Arguments

I 64
Imagination/Vaihinger: not pictures but an event, a psychic process.
I 66
Imagination/Vaihinger: precisely because it is a product of the world of reality, it cannot be an image of being. Instead an instrument within the world.
>Thinking
, >Sensory impressions, >Perception, >World/thinking.
I 66
Precisely because it is a product of the world of reality, the imagination cannot be an image of being. But it is an instrument within it.
>Representation, >Picture theory.
Against the proof that, because the imaginary world is a product of the real world, it cannot be identical with it, there is no more instance.
>Identity, Cf. >Constructivism.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Vaihinger I
H. Vaihinger
Die Philosophie des Als Ob Leipzig 1924


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