| Abstract [eng] |
This study examines a language problem within the philosophy of imagination. The analysis is conducted by comparing the controversial theories of imagination put forth by Paul Ricoeur and Cornelius Castoriadis. The thesis argues that Ricoeur and Castoriadis approach the significance of linguistic dimension to imagination differently, which allows for distinct interpretations of the creative potential of imagination and the question of human freedom in general. The study explores the role of language as a determining system in Ricoeur's and Castoriadis's theories of imagination and evaluates the possibility of founding novelty in imagination through language within these theories. It highlights the difference between Ricoeur's and Castoriadis's understanding of productive imagination, which shapes both thinkers' perspectives on language. The comparative analysis of Ricoeur's and Castoriadis's concepts of imagination reveals the ambivalence of the problem of imagination within the philosophy of imagination. On the one hand, language serves as the site of realization of imagination, while on the other hand, language acts as a limitation to the operation of imagination. Ricoeur maintains the position that language, encountered as a preexisting given, prefigures the production of our imagination inseparable from the act of refiguration in establishing new meanings. In contrast, Castoriadis views language as a self-creating institution that is the result of a radical imagination that creates from nothingness (ex nihilo). It is concluded that reconstruction and comparison of Ricoeur's and Castoriadis's theories of imagination provide new insights for reconsidering the possibilities of imaginative creation. |
