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   Im·ag·i·na·tion

   /iˌmajəˈnāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses: "she'd never been blessed with a vivid imagination" Similar imaginative facultycreative powerfancyinformal:mind's eyeinterestfascinationattentionpassioncuriositypreoccupation
   • ▪ the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful: "technology gives workers the chance to use their imagination" Similar creativityimaginativenesscreativenessvisioninspirationinsightinventivenessinventionresourcefulnessinitiativeingenuityenterpriseoriginalityinnovationinnovativenessindividualityunorthodoxynonconformityclevernesswitquick-wittednessgeniusflairpanacheartistryartistic power
   • ▪ the part of the mind that imagines things: "a girl who existed only in my imagination"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin imaginatio(n-), from the verb imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.

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   What does imagination mean?

   • (A Definition) We can define imagination as the ability to create mental representations of things that are not present in the physical space around us (Markman et al., 2009). This means the ability to remember our past, envision a future, and explore hypothetical scenarios that might be unfolding right now.

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   What is imagination in philosophy?

   • There is a long tradition in Western philosophy of trying to understand imagination, and it usually defines imagination in some way as both thinking and sensation (Flory, 1996). In this sense, imagination is at the intersection of what we can experience with our five senses and our powers of cognition.

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   How do you use imagination?

   • One can use imagination to represent possibilities other than the actual, to represent times other than the present, and to represent perspectives other than one’s own. Unlike perceiving and believing, imagining something does not require one to consider that something to be the case.

   Imagination (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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   What does it mean to imagine?

   • To imagine in this sense is to stand in some mental relation to a particular proposition (see the entry on propositional attitude reports ). When one imagines objectually, one represents to oneself a real or make-believe entity or situation (Yablo 1993; see also Martin 2002; Noordhof 2002; O’Shaughnessy 2000).

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   Mar 14, 2011 · To imagine is to represent without aiming at things as they actually, presently, and subjectively are. One can use imagination to represent possibilities other than the actual, to represent times other than the present, and to represent perspectives other than one’s own.

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   Paraphrasing Merriam Webster, imagination means: The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality. A creative ability or the ability to confront and deal with a problem.