Acid Horizon Bachelard: A Philosophy of Imagination and 'The Poetics of Space' with Katherine Everitt
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Dec 24, 2023 Katherine Everitt joins Adam and Craig to celebrate Bachelard's phenomenology of imagination. They discuss the power of imagination and visceral reactions, Vachera's concept of discontinuity, the acausality of poetic images, space and consciousness, and the role of philosophy in Bachelard's work.
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Bachelard's Variational Imagination
- Bachelard's phenomenology of imagination contrasts with traditional phenomenology by focusing on the variational nature of images.
- Concepts are fixed, while images are fluid and changing, creating tension when studying imagination philosophically.
Embracing the Intensity of Experience
- Bachelard rejects Descartes' detached perspective in favor of an intense, immersive experience of the image.
- He prioritizes the intensity of experience over its categorization, offering a critique of traditional detached phenomenology.
Discontinuity and the Poetic Image
- Bachelard emphasizes discontinuity in experience, arguing against a continuous stream of consciousness.
- This discontinuity allows for the emergence of new poetic images, which are uncaused and unpredictable.