{"product_id":"9780253214157-imagining-second-edition","title":"Imagining, Second Edition","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Phenomenological Study\u003cbr\u003eDescribes the essential forms which imagination assumes in everyday life. In a detailed analysis of the fundamental features of all imaginative experience, the author shows imagining to be eidetically distinct from perceiving and defines it as a radically autonomous act, involving a characteristic freedom of mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagining\u003cbr\u003e A Phenomenological Study\u003cbr\u003e Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e Edward S. Casey\u003cbr\u003e A classic firsthand account of the lived character of imaginative experience.\u003cbr\u003e \"This scrupulous, lucid study is destined to become a touchstone for all future writings on imagination.\" —Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e \"Casey's work is doubly valuable—for its major substantive contribution to our understanding of a significant mental activity, as well as for its exemplary presentation of the method of phenomenological analysis.\" —Contemporary Psychology\u003cbr\u003e \". an important addition to phenomenological philosophy and to the humanities generally.\" —Choice\u003cbr\u003e \". deliberately and consistently phenomenological, oriented throughout to the basically intentional character of experience and disciplined by the requirement of proceeding by way of concrete description. [Imagining] is an exceptionally well-written work.\" —International Philosophical Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on his own experiences of imagining, Edward S. Casey describes the essential forms that imagination assumes in everyday life. In a detailed analysis of the fundamental features of all imaginative experience, Casey shows imagining to be eidetically distinct from perceiving and defines it as a radically autonomous act, involving a characteristic freedom of mind. A new preface places Imagining within the context of current issues in philosophy and psychology.\u003cbr\u003e [use one Casey bio for both Imagining and Remembering]\u003cbr\u003e Edward S. Casey is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is author of Getting Back into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-World (Indiana University Press) and The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History.\u003cbr\u003e Studies in Continental Thought—John Sallis, general editor\u003cbr\u003e Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e Introduction The Problematic Place of Imagination\u003cbr\u003e Part One: Preliminary Portrait\u003cbr\u003e Examples and First Approximations\u003cbr\u003e Imagining as Intentional\u003cbr\u003e Part Two Detailed Descriptions\u003cbr\u003e Spontaneity and Controlledness\u003cbr\u003e Self-Containedness and Self-Evidence\u003cbr\u003e Indeterminacy and Pure Possibility\u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Phenomenological Comparisons\u003cbr\u003e Imagining and Perceiving: Continuities\u003cbr\u003e Imagining and Perceiving: Discontinuities\u003cbr\u003e Part Four: The Autonomy of Imagining\u003cbr\u003e The Nature of Imaginative Autonomy\u003cbr\u003e The Significance of Imaginative Autonomy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450668659062,"sku":"9780253214157","price":23.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35381949.jpg?v=1760453758","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780253214157-imagining-second-edition","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}