Description
Philosophy has long paid minimal attention to creativity, and even with the rise of research on imagination, the creative imagination has still largely been ignored. The aim of this Oxford Handbook is to correct this neglect. By bringing together research from various sub-disciplines, the contributors explore recent emerging topics and open up new avenues of research in the philosophy of imagination and creativity.The 37 chapters provide state of the art treatments of a variety of subjects at the intersection of imagination and creativity. The volume opens with a comprehensive editors' introduction providing an overview of issues covered in the volume. The chapters in Part I provides framing and historical context for the philosophical study of imagination and creativity, along with an overview of the empirical literature. The chapters in Part II explores imagination and creativity as they manifest in, and in turn shape, the individual. The chapters in Part III survey the role of imagination and creativity across a wide variety of artistic domains, and the chapters in Part IV turn to societal domains. Part V focuses on the interplay of imagination and creativity with regard to the variety and features of creative subjects.The handbook will be of great interest to scholars and students wishing to learn about imagination and creativity across a wide philosophical terrain: from the philosophy of mind and cognitive science to ethics and political philosophy, to aesthetics and philosophy of art, to epistemology and philosophy of science. The volume will be useful not only to established scholars but to those coming to these topics for the first time.
Table of Contents
1. Reclaiming the Creative Imagination, Amy Kind and Julia LangkauPart I. Theories and Approaches2. Theories of Imagination, Peter Kung3. Theories of Creativity, Julia Langkau4. Historical Treatments of Imagination in the Western Tradition, Lucia Oliveri5. Historical Treatments of Creativity in the Western Tradition, Elliot Samuel Paul6. Non-Western Treatments of Imagination, Reza Hadisi and Jing Hu7. Non-Western Treatments of Creativity, Nicolas B. Verger and Vlad P. Glăveanu8. Empirical Treatments of Imagination and Creativity, Dustin Stokes9. Experimental Philosophy of Imagination and Creativity, Michael T. Stuart10. The Relationship Between Imagination and Creativity, Margherita ArcangeliPart II. Imagination and Creativity in Mind and Action11. Imagination, Creativity, and Skill, Amy Kind12. Imagination, Creativity, and Attention, Bence Nanay13. Imagination, Creativity, and Agency, Caterina Moruzzi14. Imagination, Creativity, and Emotion, Julien Deonna and Fabrice Teroni15. Imagination, Creativity, and Embodiment, Adriana Clavel-Vázquez and María Jimena Clavel Vázquez16. Imagination, Creativity, and Gender, Luke Roelofs17. Imagination, Creativity, and Race, Nicholas Whittaker18. Imagination, Creativity, and Child Development, Thalia R. Goldstein, Anna Sofia Caruso, Darian Stapleton, and Lamin FattyPart III. Imagination and Creativity in the Arts19. Imagination, Creativity, and the Visual Arts, Claire Anscombe20. Imagination, Creativity, and Music, Matteo Ravasio21. Imagination, Creativity, and Fiction, Hannah H. Kim22. Imagination, Creativity, and Dance, David Davies and Anna Pakes23. Imagination, Creativity, and the Culinary Arts, Patrik Engisch24. Imagination, Creativity, and Film, Murray Smith25. Imagination, Creativity, and Acting, Tzachi Zamir26. Imagination, Creativity, and Fashion, Laura T. Di SummaPart IV. Imagination and Creativity in Society27. Imagination and Creativity in the Scientific Realm, Alice Murphy28. Imagination and Creativity in the Moral Realm, Tim Mulgan29. Imagination and Creativity in the Political Realm, Avshalom M. Schwartz30. Imagination and Creativity in the Law, Maksymilian Del Mar31. Imagination and Creativity in the Religious Realm, Neil Van Leeuwen32. Imagination and Creativity in Business, Eric Peterson33. Imagination and Creativity in Times of Crisis, Jennifer Fraser and Noah StemeroffPart V. Emerging Issues in Imagination and Creativity Research34. Imagination, Creativity, and Aphantasia, Andrea Blomkvist35. Imagination, Creativity, and Neurodivergence, Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa36. Imagination, Creativity, and Nonhuman Animals, Henry Shevlin37. Creativity, Imagination, and Artificial Intelligence, Peter Langland-Hassan38. Collective Imagination and Collective Creativity, Nick Wiltsher
