EXPOS 20.045 - Imagination and Genius

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course traces the concepts of the imagination and genius through ancient Greek thought, through the Enlightenment and Romanticism, into the post-modern era. Finally, it turns to most recent studies of the cognitive sciences to give an empirically informed, and alternative, way of conceiving of genius. This course will be fashioned in order to highlight the various aspect of expository essay writing while it explores the origin and development of the imagination in the Western intellectual tradition. Students will grapple with the classics of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Dostoyevsky while integrating more recent studies of the imagination by Gerald Edelman and Antonio Damasio.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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