Imagination and the Imaginary, Difficulties of Definition. Between Semantic Traditions and Innovations

Abstract

To have a rich imagination today is one of the most appreciated qualities of the human being. Nevertheless, conceptually speaking, things have not changed in the sense of a reasonable definition of imagination. In the past, it was considered a faculty that was sometimes subordinated, sometimes equal to the other ones. At present it is considered a process, because the dynamic of the domain is important, and its results, are included in the imagination. The excellent appreciation that imagination and the imaginary have did not result in a complete understanding of the unknown aspects of these two very complex qualities.