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countries , and property damages . More controversially ; some interpretations of the Bible either were not progressive . The prooves are , for example the death of an ancient philosopher Hypatia , great fire of the Library of Alexandria in the 415 AD , witch hunt or original aim of crusades [ 4 ].
In relation with what was said above , I am exposing that this statement is not generally valid .
Imaginings is a bit more complicated notion . Certain civic education textbook offers this definition : ,, Imaginings are copies of sensations already percieved by our senses " [ 5 ]. This definition is inaccurate because it does not explain the option of creating new object out of these sensations . For me , this one is more convenient : Imaginings are representational states of mind entertained by a thinker without him being committed to its truth [ 6 ].
I could have gone deeper into for example interconnection between imaginings and memory , synesthesia , aphantasy etc . But I do not want to instrumentalize imaginings too much nor to be accused of thinking for thinking . However imaginings , anyhow abstract , have very serious consequences . For example in question what is good : a trader who wants to change society by using market will have different view of morality than e . g . monk in a monastery . Futhermore , we use our imaginings everyday even unconsciously . In one of his lectures Slavoj Žižek claims :
,, Like , I talk to you : of course rationally I know you are defecating , you are sweating , not to mention other things , but quite literally , when I interact with you this is not part of the image I have of you . So , when I deal with you , I am basically not dealing with the real of you . I am dealing with the virtual image of you . And this image has reality , in the sense that it , none of the less , structures the way I am dealing with you " [ 7 ].
This information will not make you a milionare , but it certainly has power to change your view of existence .
In my opinion the way to new often leads through old . That might be why I like going to archives . Once I found a model titled Sandpit in there [ 8 ]. It is an amazing alegory to human existence and creativity . Author also hyperbolizes certain basis . I really appreciate that . I am sure that the platosocratic tradition will agree even when I use Nietzsche ' s words : ,,(...) And alas for every living thing that would live without dispute about weight and scales and weigher !" [ 9 ].
I will update this model a bit :
Children are able to use their hands when playing with sand . They have been writing commonly accessible manuals about various techniques . But then a builder refused to show his technique to the others . By doing this he committed epistemic injustice : if we take sand as our collective imaginings or in other words values which is implied there . Epistemic injustice occours when someone is banned from adding or borrowing knowledge from our ,, collective pool of knowledge " [ 10 ]. And that is what I am afraid of . Why ?
If there is not adequate education , there is no democracy ; thus ,, borrowing from " and broadening our ,, pool of knowledge " in every field . If there is no democracy , there are no human rights . If there are no human rights , dialoque is replaced by tyrany .
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