The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective

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Autor(a) principal: Lemos, Italo Lins
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Peri
Texto Completo: https://ojs.sites.ufsc.br/index.php/peri/article/view/3782
Resumo: Abstract: According to David Hume the imagination is a mental faculty that forms, unites and separates ideas. This creative character puts it in a position to play a major role not only in fiction — once it’s due to the imagination that we conceive fantastic creatures like dragons and winged horses —, but also in the natural sciences — once it’s due to the imagination that we suppose that the course of nature remains the same through time. My objectives in this paper are to introduce the vocabulary that Hume elaborated in the Treatise of Human Nature and argue that the imagination operates by irregular and regular principles, culminating in the generation of beliefs that have a negative and positive epistemic status, respectively.Keywords: David Hume, Imagination, Natural Sciences, Fiction.
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title The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
spellingShingle The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
Lemos, Italo Lins
David Hume
Imagination
Natural Sciences
Fiction
title_short The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
title_full The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
title_fullStr The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
title_full_unstemmed The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
title_sort The imagination between the natural sciences and fiction: a Humean perspective
author Lemos, Italo Lins
author_facet Lemos, Italo Lins
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lemos, Italo Lins
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv David Hume
Imagination
Natural Sciences
Fiction
topic David Hume
Imagination
Natural Sciences
Fiction
description Abstract: According to David Hume the imagination is a mental faculty that forms, unites and separates ideas. This creative character puts it in a position to play a major role not only in fiction — once it’s due to the imagination that we conceive fantastic creatures like dragons and winged horses —, but also in the natural sciences — once it’s due to the imagination that we suppose that the course of nature remains the same through time. My objectives in this paper are to introduce the vocabulary that Hume elaborated in the Treatise of Human Nature and argue that the imagination operates by irregular and regular principles, culminating in the generation of beliefs that have a negative and positive epistemic status, respectively.Keywords: David Hume, Imagination, Natural Sciences, Fiction.
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