Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology, Spring 2004

• Author: Singer, Irving
• Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
• Institution Name: M.I.T.
• Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

• Abstract: Seminar on the creativity in art, science, and technology. Discussion of how these pursuits are jointly dependent on affective as well as cognitive elements in human nature. Feeling and imagination studied in relation to principles of idealization, consummation, and the aesthetic values that give meaning to science and technology as well as literature and the other arts. Readings in philosophy, psychology, and literature.

• Course Type: Full Course
• Languages: English
• Material Types: Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi, Video Lectures
• Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs, Video

• Conditions of Use: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0