Imagination and Social Perspectives

Name: Imagination and Social Perspectives | Approaches from Phenomenology and Psychopathology
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Approaches from Phenomenology and Psychopathology

Michela Summa Thomas Fuchs Luca Vanzago(Herausgeber*in)

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Erschienen am 3. Oktober 2017

368 Seiten

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Our experience of other individuals as minded beings goes hand in hand with the awareness that they have a unique epistemic and emotional perspective on the experienced objects and situations. The same object can be seen from many different points of view, an event can awaken different emotional reactions in different individuals, and our position-takings can in part be mediated by our belonging to some social or cultural groups. All these phenomena can be described by referring to the metaphor of perspective. Assuming that there are different, and irreducible, perspectives we can take on the experienced world, and on others as experiencing the same world, the phenomenon of mutual understanding can consistently be understood in terms of perspectival flexibility. This edited volume investigates the different processes in which perspectival flexibility occurs in social life and particularly focuses on the constitutive role of imagination in such processes. It includes original works in philosophy and psychopathology showing how perspectival flexibility and social cognition are grounded on the interplay of direct perception and imagination.

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"This collection is welcome indeed since it draws into sharp relief the important but often overlooked connections among imagination, intersubjectivity, and perspective-taking of all kinds. While those schooled in the phenomenological tradition are well aware that these interlocking themes were of central concern to Husserl, Stein, Sartre and company, it has, with some exceptions, taken a little more time for analytical philosophers of mind and cognitive scientists to realize just how crucial perspective-taking is to understanding the structures and functions of consciousness . . . The book is highly recommended." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"An outstanding and innovative book, which absolutely needs to be read and studied by researchers and students." - Natalie Depraz, University of Rouen, France

"This book covers a wide range of intriguing and original contributions to the role of imagination in perspective-taking, and the sociality of imagination." - Anika Fiebich, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

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