The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination and Creativity

Philosophy has long paid minimal attention to creativity, and even with the rise of research on imagination, the creative imagination has still largely been ignored.The aim of this Oxford Handbook is to correct this neglect.By bringing together research from various sub-disciplines, the contributors explore recent emerging topics and open up new avenues of research in the philosophy of imagination and creativity. The 37 chapters provide state of the art treatments of a variety of subjects at the intersection of imagination and creativity.The volume opens with a comprehensive editors' introduction providing an overview of issues covered in the volume.The chapters in Part I provides framing and historical context for the philosophical study of imagination and creativity, along with an overview of the empirical literature.The chapters in Part II explores imagination and creativity as they manifest in, and in turn shape, the individual.The chapters in Part III survey the role of imaginatio