Imagination Quotes
The ability to see what isn't there yet. Dreamers and builders on the power of 'what if.'
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"Possible worlds are real, abstract, and complete."Lewis, David
"Modal space is as real as physical space, in some sense."Lewis, David
"The universe contains multiple possible worlds, all equally real."Lewis, David
"Possibility is as real as actuality, in the modal realist framework."Lewis, David
"Modal realism provides the best account of modality available."Lewis, David
"Imagination is the ability to think of things as they are not, which is essential to creativity."Ryle, Gilbert
"Imagination and reason work together in the construction of understanding."Sellars, Wilfrid
"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited by what we know."Feyerabend, Paul
"Imagination bridges the gap between knowledge and creativity."Ryle, Gilbert
"Imagination is as important as knowledge in advancing understanding."Feyerabend, Paul
"What we cannot imagine, we cannot conceive as possible."Feyerabend, Paul
"Imagination is constrained by what we believe to be possible."Feyerabend, Paul
"The scientist must possess both imagination and skepticism in equal measure."Lakatos, Imre
"Every question we ask opens a door to ten new questions."Lakatos, Imre
"What we can know depends partly on what we can imagine."Hanson, Norwood Russell
"Imagination is not mere fantasy but the exercise of systematic thinking."Ryle, Gilbert
"The imagination is not a storehouse of mental images but a capacity to entertain possibilities."Ryle, Gilbert
"The ability to imagine alternatives is essential to moral reasoning."Ryle, Gilbert
"To imagine is to rebel against the tyranny of the given."Feyerabend, Paul
"Understanding requires us to see connections others have overlooked."Hempel, Carl
"The most profound knowledge often comes from recognizing what cannot be explained by current theories."Hempel, Carl
"Science teaches us that reality is often stranger and more wonderful than our preconceptions."Hempel, Carl
"Science teaches us that the universe is far more complex and wonderful than we can imagine."Hempel, Carl
"Science progresses when we learn to see familiar phenomena in entirely new ways."Hempel, Carl
"Imagination is essential to science, but imagination alone is not science."Lakatos, Imre
"The universe is pregnant with infinite possibilities."Bohm, David
"Reason without imagination is sterile."Feyerabend, Paul
"Imagination is prior to reason in the process of discovery."Feyerabend, Paul
"It is only the impossible that is truly interesting"Bell, John Stewart
"The universe is stranger than we imagine"Bell, John Stewart