A common frame for formal imagination

In this paper, we review three influential theories of imagination in order to understand how the dynamics of imagination acts could be modeled using formal languages. While reviewing them, we notice that they are not detailed enough to account for all the mechanisms involved in creating and develop...

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Autores: Casas-Roma, Joan, Huertas, M. Antonia, Rodríguez-González, M. Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/110086
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/110086
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:imagination
dynamic imagination
reality-oriented development
imaginary worlds
formal models
imaginació
imaginació dinàmica
desenvolupament orientat a la realitat
mons imaginaris
models formals
imaginación
imaginación dinámica
desarrollo orientado a la realidad
mundos imaginarios
modelos formales
Imagination
Imaginació
Imaginación
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Sumario:In this paper, we review three influential theories of imagination in order to understand how the dynamics of imagination acts could be modeled using formal languages. While reviewing them, we notice that they are not detailed enough to account for all the mechanisms involved in creating and developing imaginary worlds. We claim those theories could be further refined into what we call the Common Frame for Imagination Acts, which defines a framework that can be used to study the dynamics of imagination using formal languages, and we support our claim by showing how the framework allows to model certain imagination acts step by step. Then, we introduce the Rhombus of Imagination, which is a visual tool that can be used in conjunction with our framework to study the procedural structure of different kinds of imagination acts and identify their dynamic properties.