Speaker: Emily Ransom

Imagination as a Source of Knowledge

For ancient and medieval thinkers, imagination and theology went hand-in-hand as a way of understanding the world.  During the Reformation, however, imagination came under increasing suspicion as a source of knowledge as Catholics were accused of devising man-made inventions in the name of doctrine and deception, and Protestants were accused of following the individual imaginations … Continue reading Imagination as a Source of Knowledge