What is Imagination? – Philosophy Tube
What IS imagination?
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Shaun Nichols, The Architecture of the Imagination
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@FilomenoDaSilva-o8u
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
what is important of imagination according to David Hume
@dmtdreamz
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
How do you know that 1+1 is 2? You don't even know this! Some human had to invent this shit, and before that it did not exist. A chimpanzee does not know that 1+1 is 2. Not because it is to stupid, but because you are too stupid to understand that mathematics is imaginary.
@davidmcleod1760
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
That's not imagination, I remembered to house from the movie.
@fraserjayryan2988
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
My introduction to the humanities class brought me here
thanks for making this video 👍
@mart1484
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
4:51
@mart1484
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
3:00 Imagination
@wolfboyft
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
4:50 as soon as you said "british" my face just went from mildly ok smile-like to just 😐
@GeminiRat
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
You can alter your beliefs by altering your judgements of your perceptions. Experience also alters beliefs (since it is a major contributor to shaping one's perceptions), and experiences can be changed or altered
@aidanriley2806
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
what if the imagination is 4th dimensional perception, meaning anything you can imagine exists somewhere is the space time continuum and whenever you use it you're tuning into it like a radio 🤔maybe I'm too high lol
@richardbuckharris189
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Everything that now is was once only imagined-William Blake
@Iamyodaddy_
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
You can control your beliefs when something attacks them and you give them up
@bad-bunnyblogger8171
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Whats the difference between belief and faith?
@thehighnoonsaloon7794
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
LION OH FUCK LION
@leavemealone5242
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
No one understands me.
@christopherdeleanides3935
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
I would say belief somewhat depends on the person. Most people don't have a very strong will of mind, and are incapable of rejecting their family's religion, or if their family is Atheist, agnostic, etc. (inb4 angry atheists come in and say "STOP SAYING YOU'RE AGNOSTIC. AGNOSTICISM IS ATHEISM!").
I no longer practice Catholicism, and while my parents strongly believed in God, I'm not so sure if God does it exist.
@sansbeans
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
I was very excited that I knew the HP reference even before he said Privet Drive and in my happy dancing I realized that I was dancing to the Quizlet Live music in the background??? Now I can't hear what Olly is saying all I hear is Quizlet Live
@DukeEllis
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
I wish I'd seen this 5 years ago haha
@whoami8434
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Couldn’t watch the whole video, but the definition of imagination that is both pithy and somewhat helpful is as follows:
Imagination is that power of mind responsible for representing possibilities.
@MrAllallalla
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
I hardly have any visual imagination so this video is really hard. I can imagine a song but an image is just frustratingly impossible for me.
@Pfhorrest
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
When you say to imagine a billion fish in the Atlantic ocean, I wouldn't say that what I'm actually doing in response to that is imagining, because it's not imaging. Instead I interpret that at something like "suppose there are a billion fish in the Atlantic ocean", and then I'm waiting to hear what you're going to say about that before I imagine anything more specific than a few fish and a map.
@blue_ouija
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
A lot of people with OCD can't completely control their imagination, though. They're called invasive thoughts.
@catherineelmore2004
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Great video! And I loved the joke at the end giving directions to music YouTube. 🙂
@TJF588
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
What if I hold a belief (let's say a politicized situation) that persons whose assertions I trust to be credible conflicts with, but which has not been sufficiently explained or internalized to override my belief in the narrative I recognize should be false?
@81neuron
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
thanks for the reading list!
@loveleachase2685
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Akooooo ay pilipino pilipinas ang bayan ko proud to be a pilipino..Philippines😂😍-Carl brandon chase here😅
@colec.6477
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
it's our real reality
@theadventurerofpeace9437
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Loose a relationship without ever going to "tasar"
@connor.patrick
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
I feel like everyone in the comment section has a
P.H.D in medical school
@lel765
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Imaginatio vera???
@Kon6I9
March 5, 2026 at 12:20 am
Yes.
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