John V Garner
Biographic Data
| ID | 449721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John V Garner |
| GIVEN NAMES | John V |
| FAMILY NAME | Garner |
| SIGNATURE | GARNER J V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Villanova University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Learning from imagination
Can we learn from imagination? This article surveys a thread from an ongoing debate in philosophy of mind and brings it into dialogue with Proclus's notion of mathematical imagination. Imagination for Proclus mediates between intellect and perception and reveals a unique level of reality borne by “intelligible matter.” By contrast, the contemporary debate, focused on concepts such as instructive versus transcendent imagining and propositional ver…
Possibility or necessity? On Robert Watt’s “Bergson on number”
This paper seeks to highlight the importance of spatial cognition in Bergson’s Données immédiates by engaging with Robert Watt’s reconstruction of Bergson’s argument that every idea of number involves the idea of space. We focus on the second stage of Watt’s reconstruction, where Bergson argues that only space can provide the distinction required for our counting of otherwise identical items. Watt bases his reconstruction on a premise regarding t…
The Imaginal World and the Orientation of Perception
This article places Henry Corbin’s concept of creative imagination in conversation with the French phenomenological tradition. Section I explores Corbin’s phenomenological method and his view of the imaginal world, drawn from his interpretations of Suhrawardī and Ibn ‘Arabī. Section II then places this concept in conversation with the early Jean-Paul Sartre’s “annihilative” imagination and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s critique of it. This section argu…
Seminar from December 15, 1982
This chapter continues the discussion of Homer, arguing that the poems contain a deep sense of the tragic. Admitting that the study of Homer inevitably requires taking account of what would emerge later in history, Castoriadis focuses on the significance of the Homeric conception of moira , which he links closely to the idea of limits and death. Castoriadis discusses the importance of a chosen death, emphasizing Odysseus’s choice against the pros…
Castoriadis's Ontology
Castoriadis's Ontology
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Giorgio Agamben
Castoriadis's Ontology
Castoriadis's Ontology
Seminar from December 15, 1982
This chapter continues the discussion of Homer, arguing that the poems contain a deep sense of the tragic. Admitting that the study of Homer inevitably requires taking account of what would emerge later in history, Castoriadis focuses on the significance of the Homeric conception of moira , which he links closely to the idea of limits and death. Castoriadis discusses the importance of a chosen death, emphasizing Odysseus’s choice against the pros…
Possibility or necessity? On Robert Watt’s “Bergson on number”
This paper seeks to highlight the importance of spatial cognition in Bergson’s Données immédiates by engaging with Robert Watt’s reconstruction of Bergson’s argument that every idea of number involves the idea of space. We focus on the second stage of Watt’s reconstruction, where Bergson argues that only space can provide the distinction required for our counting of otherwise identical items. Watt bases his reconstruction on a premise regarding t…
The Imaginal World and the Orientation of Perception
This article places Henry Corbin’s concept of creative imagination in conversation with the French phenomenological tradition. Section I explores Corbin’s phenomenological method and his view of the imaginal world, drawn from his interpretations of Suhrawardī and Ibn ‘Arabī. Section II then places this concept in conversation with the early Jean-Paul Sartre’s “annihilative” imagination and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s critique of it. This section argu…
Learning from imagination
Can we learn from imagination? This article surveys a thread from an ongoing debate in philosophy of mind and brings it into dialogue with Proclus's notion of mathematical imagination. Imagination for Proclus mediates between intellect and perception and reveals a unique level of reality borne by “intelligible matter.” By contrast, the contemporary debate, focused on concepts such as instructive versus transcendent imagining and propositional ver…
Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Theology (3 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (2 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Ontology (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)