2006-07-13 23:13:48 · 15 answers · asked by hellsangel 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Imagining - Me Superman
Dreaming - Me washing dishes
2006-07-13 23:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by Ruchin doe 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Control over the situation within the imagination and dream.
2006-07-14 06:26:34 · answer #2 · answered by Vie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you've heard of the term 'day dreaming', right?
That's imagination at work, but (maybe) involuntary.
When asleep, of course, your unconscious provides the dreams you experience. You could think of that as "stored" imagination but beyond your control.
All of that comes from your experience, of necessity, from the first moment when you were born.
In philosophical terms, there is no essential difference -- both being products of your mind -- only phenomenological difference, which you may argue doesn't really matter.
2006-07-14 06:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by tlc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagination is mostly a fully conscious activity and is directed by the will.
Dreaming is at best a semi-conscious event and is passive (minimally controllable by the will).
Further, imagination is more inclined to obey the dictates of reason than is dreaming.
What they have in common is the re-combination of concepts. They are a kind of mental genetics. Just as genes re-combine to make variety of biological blueprints, concepts re-combine to make variety in ideas.
2006-07-14 06:23:50 · answer #4 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For some reason everyone says dreaming must be done whilst asleep... you can dream whilst awake...
Imagining is intentional... while dreaming isnt... this does not mean while dreaming we are asleep as we can drift out during a long speech blah blah blah :P
2006-07-14 06:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagining is voluntary, dreaming is not. However day dreaming is something in the middle, and if you think of something before you sleep, you may dream of it.
2006-07-14 07:11:37 · answer #6 · answered by Hanan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagining is while awake but dreaming is while asleep. So the former is real to life whereas the later is unreal.
2006-07-14 06:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in dreaming , action is taken which leads to fulfillment and is like a vision some one has for the future but imagining is some you get or an idea and is sometimes hard to act on it.
2006-07-14 06:25:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dreaming is a thing of the sub conscious mind, you have absolutely no control over it. imagining on the other hand is something you do consciously.
2006-07-14 06:47:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have more ready control over imagination, and dreams may come from deep psychological issues (See Freud.)
2006-07-14 06:15:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋