FROM TRANSCENDENTAL SCHEMATISM TO MONTAGE. A CONCEPTUAL AND CRITICAL MODEL OF IMAGINATION

This volume attempts to develop a conceptual and critical model of imagination. The concept of Immanuel Kant and its hermeneutical and phenomenological reinterpretations provide the theoretical basis for answering the question about the creative potential of imagination and the principle of image action.

• Conceptual aspect of imagination: The ability to create content and extract hidden meaning.
• Critical aspect of imagination: Transcending established classifications and conditioning the possibility of the new.
• Dynamics of imagination: Constructing and deconstructing linguistic and pictorial structures.
• Work of images: Mutual influence of representations, their mutual differentiation and completion.
• Applications and conceptual transformations: Anchoring contemporary solutions in Kant's philosophy.
• Meaning-making of images: Shaping, richness of intuition and their influence on understanding the world.
• The role of imagination: In the process of synthesis and schematization, it provides the content of experience.

In the process of discovering and expanding the meaning of experience, the conceptual aspect of imagination combines with the critical aspect, creating a dynamic interaction that enables transcending established classifications and discovering new possibilities. Imagination becomes an act of creating and connecting images, their work and mutual influence. It is this dynamic that allows the construction and deconstruction of linguistic and pictorial structures, the perception of dependencies, similarities and differences, which ultimately leads to a deeper understanding of the world around us.

The book closes a significant gap in Polish philosophical thought on imagination. It expands the current reflections on it (in such areas as hermeneutics, phenomenology, the theory of the image), strengthening contemporary solutions in Kant's philosophy and showing its uses and conceptual transformations.

The volume is a valuable read for anyone interested in philosophy, literary theory, art and psychology, as well as those looking for inspiration for creative thinking and action. It is an invitation to discover the unlimited potential of human imagination and its influence on shaping our world. A must-read for students, researchers and enthusiasts who want to explore the secrets of the human mind and its ability to create new realities.