TY - EJOUR A1 - Ottaviani, Didier TI - Fantasy as cognitive function in Montaigne T2 - Libertinage et philosophie à l’époque classique (xvie-xviiie siècle) 2019, n° 16. Les libertins et l’imagination JO - Libertinage et philosophie à l’époque classique (xvie-xviiie siècle) (ISSN 2649-1826), 16, 2019 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09789-1.p.0017 SN - 2649-1826 SP - 17 EP - 31 AB - Criticizing the place reserved for reason in classical thought, Montaigne proceeds to a revaluation of the imagination, a cognitive function that man shares with animals. Refusing abstract rationality, he proposes a new theory of knowledge, conceived as an interpretative digestion of reality. But this powerful "fantasy" can sometimes wander, so it is necessary to train it, his gnoseology necessarily implying a new conception of education. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/06 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - Montaigne, Renaissance, imagination, fantasy, knowledges, practice, mores, anthropology, education, digestion LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/libertinage-et-philosophie-a-l-epoque-classique-xvie-xviiie-siecle-2019-n-16-les-libertins-et-l-imagination-fantasy-as-cognitive-function-in-montaigne.html Y2 - 2024/07/17 ER -