Title: Imagination
Headings: 
Ways of Knowing: IMAGINATION
Possible essay questions:
Imagination
'I have a dream.'
Imagine...
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Too little imagination?
Too much imagination?

Content: craft which does not convey or lead to new knowledge. Given the important role imagination plays in the arts, we can evaluate the implications of using imagination as a basis for knowledge creation in this AOK. If the knowledge produced by the arts is founded in what is not real, are there limits to the knowledge the arts can bring us? If the knowledge produced by the arts is founded in human imagination, are there limits to the scope of knowledge production of the arts? Given that imagination can lead us to knowledge beyond reality and the ethical boundaries that confine our reality, does this perhaps lead to a broadened scope of knowledge production through the arts? Indigenous knowledge communities also seem to rely quite heavily upon imagination as a source of knowledge. The importance of songs, dance and story telling in indigenous societies lead us to believe that imagination plays an invaluable role in the creation and representation of indigenous knowledge systems. Imagination can be used to make sense of the world, to organise knowledge about the natural world and to explain reasons for our existence. ​Interestingly, what is considered imagination to some people, may well be reality to others. For example, to atheists, religion is a mere product of human imagination.