In this podcast for the Visualising War Project, University of St. Andrew's, Dr. Alice König interviews me about my paintings and research. We discuss a range of issues and ideas, including my idea of 'imaginational metaveillance'. This... more
In this podcast for the Visualising War Project, University of St. Andrew's, Dr. Alice König interviews me about my paintings and research. We discuss a range of issues and ideas, including my idea of 'imaginational metaveillance'. This idea is inspired by childhood experiences of imaginational flight.
In this article, I defend the view that we can acquire factual knowledge – that is, contingent propositional knowledge about certain (perceivable) aspects of reality – on the basis of imaginative experience. More specifically, I argue... more
In this article, I defend the view that we can acquire factual knowledge – that is, contingent propositional knowledge about certain (perceivable) aspects of reality – on the basis of imaginative experience. More specifically, I argue that, under suitable circumstances, imaginative experiences can rationally determine the propositional content of knowledge-constituting beliefs – though not their attitude of belief – in roughly the same way as perceptual experiences do in the case of perceptual knowledge. I also highlight some philosophical consequences of this conclusion, especially for the issue of whether imagination can help us to learn something from fictions.
