MIT 24.262 Feeling & Imagination in Art, Science, Technology

This course is a seminar on creativity in art, science, and technology. We discuss how these pursuits are jointly dependent on affective as well as cognitive elements in human nature. We study feeling and imagination in relation to principles of idealization, consummation, and the aesthetic values that give meaning to science and technology as well as literature and the other arts. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare.


Average Course Length

12 hours


Skill Level

Intermediate



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