Imagining Things
- Author
- Will Bynoe
- Published
- Mon 30 Aug 2021
- Episode Link
- http://www.themobilephilosoper.com
Can we gain knowledge through the use of the imagination? Richard Feynman said that “the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man”. So maybe our fancies only tell us about ourselves, and never about the external world. Amy Kind disagrees, and I outline her view here. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) also pops up, alongside a tin of beans.
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