Abstract
From the early period of his career, French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) focused on project and action as a form of self-understanding. In the 1970s, he connected the concept of self-understanding to the problem of interpretation of poetic language-that is, of metaphor and narrative fiction-arguing that interpreting poetic works enables the reader to project a new existence. In his argument, Ricœur treats the imagination as a fundamental and creative ability that generates the shift from interpretation to action.
Exploring the function of imagination stated above, Ricceur employed in his study on metaphor the terminology of Kant, such as schema, free play, and aesthetic idea. By investigating Ricœur's interpretation of Kantian philosophy, this paper will examine the underlying design of Ricœur's philosophy, thereby exploring the conditions of the creativity of imagination.
