IMAGINATION AS A VIOLATOR OF BOUNDARIES

Abstract

The article analyses imagination in terms of its transcendental nature stretching beyond the boundaries of the immanent world. It can be done by applying a methodology based on I. Kant’s idea of understanding the transcendent essence through its manifestations in the immanent phenomena. The author considers specific implementations of the transcendent nature of imagination through myth, religion, art and science. It is concluded that, on the one hand, the transcendence of imagination gives humans a chance to escape from the total control of immanence and, on the other hand, it may provoke a conflict between a desire to proceed with caution and reason, and willingness to recklessly break through.