Lectures on Imagination

Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005) was the John Nuveen Professor in the Divinity School, the Department of Philosophy, and the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He was the author of many books, including Memory, History, Forgetting, Oneself as Another, and the three-volume Time and Narrative, all published by the University of Chicago Press. George H. Taylor is professor emeritus of law at the University of Pittsburgh. Robert D. Sweeney (1929–2016) was the Don Shula Chair in Philosophy at John Carroll University. Jean-Luc Amalric teaches at the CPGE Arts and Design in Nîmes and the Research Center for Arts and Language (CRAL), EHESS, Paris. Patrick F. Crosby (1948–2020) was an independent Ricoeur scholar

Editor’s Acknowledgments by George H. Taylor
Editor’s Introduction by George H. Taylor
1 Introductory Lecture

Part One: Classical Readings
2 Aristotle
3 Pascal and Spinoza
4 Hume
5 Kant: Critique of Pure Reason
6 Kant: Critique of Judgment

Part Two: Modern Readings
7 Ryle
8 Ryle (2) and Price
9 Wittgenstein
10 Husserl: Logical Investigations
11 Husserl: Ideas
12 Sartre (1)
13 Sartre (2)
14. Sartre (3)

Part Three: Imagination as Fiction
15 Fiction (1): Introduction
16 Fiction (2): Metaphor
17 Fiction (3): Painting
18 Fiction (4): Models
19 Fiction (5): Poetic Language
Notes
Bibliography
Index