A Theory of Imagining, Knowing, and Understanding

1.    Introduction: the myth of Hippocrene

Epistemic value of imaginative processes

Leonardo's imagination

2.    A glance on imaginative processes

5000 shades of imagining

From shades to periodic table of elements

Science driven by the power of imaginative activity

4.    A brief history of an unachieved definition

Giambattista Vico and imagination as force of civilization

Looking for a definition

5.    Imaginative processes and generalization

Knowing through imagining

Thought experiments and utopias

Expansive imagination

1.    Conclusion: how can we build a theory of imagining

Sociogenesis of imagining

Educating imagining

2.    References

3.    Commentary 1: "Don't block the path of inquiry": Imagination, inquiry, and knowledge, Maria Virginia Dazzani & Waldomiro Silva Filho

4.    Commentary 2: Imagination in Science, Luana Poliseli & Charbel N. El-Hani