This book, focusing on the central role of the imagination in contemporary philosophy, addresses challenges and problems that emerge today in conflicting positions, including a concentration on the role of the imagination in the work of Paul Ricoeur in contrast and in opposition to its role in such postmodern thinkers as Derrida and Lyotard.
Preface Chapter 1: The Imagination: Its Challenge to Philosophy Today Chapter 2: The Transcendental Productive Imagination Chapter 3: The Imagination at the Boundary: Phenomenological Variations and Pragmatism Chapter 4: Imagination and Postmodernity Chapter 5: Imagination and Postmodernity II: Narrative Bibliography