Is knowledge a prerequisite of imagination?

Answer 1

Knowledge is certainly a prerequisite for imagination, it is the basis of our imagination.

We can not imagine something we do not have a knowldge foundation of it.

Children know something. That is why they can imagine. They imagine within the framework of what they know. The more knowledge you give them the more they become imaginative.

The barrier to imagination is not knowldge but our minds. The fact our minds get tired of thinking outside the box, because we don't see the need to or the end of it.

Children on the other hand, feed their lives from imagination and therefore are always imagining. It feels their knowledge gap.

Imagining for practical purposes like inventions also need one who has a form of knowledge of how things are now, the problem that exist from the lack of that which he wants to imagine therefore wants to bring to reality.

Answer 2

No. More often than not, knowledge acts as a hinderance to imagination.

If you "know" something isn't possible than you won't imagine it being done.

I don't remember who said it but one of my favorite qoutes is "The only thing I know for certain is that I know nothing!"

here's a list of somethings that knowledge prevented

1. Sailing around the globe until Columbus.
2. Flying , until the Wright Brothers.
3. Electricity until Thomas Jefferson.

Remember people knew for a fact that the Earth was flat, that the sound barrier couldn't be broken, space travel was impossible, invisible cloaking couldn't be done, there was nothing smaller than an atom, the Sun revolved around the Earth, the Earth was the center on the universe, and Giant Squid were nothing more than fisherman faiery tales just to name a few.

And yet we now know that all these "Known Facts" are indeed false.

Answer 3

Probably not. Look at the way children play. They are certainly very imaginative, but their knowledge of the world and everything in it is extremely limited.

Knowledge is only required if one wants to make practical application of imagination. For example, one might imagine a certain device as an invention. Without practical knowledge of the materials and other engineering skills (knowledge) converting the imagined device into a real one, would be impossible.

Answer 4

I can't remember imagining anything when I was a baby except sensations and experiences. But experiences and more so knowledge tends to solidify and block the mental arteries. It doesn't have to if we go past them as the memory keeps track of them anyway and the 'subconscious' has them already calculated in. The senses are considered the givens in science that need to be understood. Knowledge keeps changing and is a poor description of say love unless your talking about the sense of knowing of the intuition, the sixth sense, the sense of the brains conclusions. They access the main computer of the brain, pictures which when compared never lie when unfiltered. It's the conclusions that seem to falter, when translated into judgmental words rather than descriptive ones which are more accurate.

Answer 5

Some knowledge perhaps, but I believe children have some of the best imaginations, and of course not as much knowledge as adults (yet)... So no, not really...

Answer 6

knowledge is more factual & imagination is mostly fictional, so i do not think there is a real connection, however if you want to imagine a situation based on factual inputs eg. imagining a business idea based on factual experience & knowledge...yes then it is a prerequisite...but if u want to imagine for the sake of imagining then you can imagine something of which you have no nowledge of too !!!

Answer 7

Its actually the other way round.Imagination is the pre-requisite of Knowledge.

Answer 8

I think that's a psychological question not a philosophcal one. Well every person since conception have an experience therefore he could visualize at least darkness.

Answer 9

first define imagination. can you understand it?