An imaginary world is a setting, place or event or scenario at variance with objective reality, ranging from the voluntary suspension of disbelief of fictional universes and the socially constructed consensus reality of the "Social Imaginary", to alternate realities resulting from disinformation, misinformation or imaginative speculation, and the subjective universe of altered states of consciousness, psychosis or dream sleep. Atlantis (in Greek,, "island of Atlas " is the name of a Legendary Island, first mentioned in Plato 's dialogues Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Objectivity is both an important and very difficult concept to pin down in philosophy Suspension of disbelief or "willing suspension of disbelief" is an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people's relationships to art A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science Social constructionism and social constructivism are sociological and psychological theories of Knowledge that consider how social phenomena develop in Consensus reality (rarely or mistakenly called "consensual reality" is an approach to answering the question 'What is real ?' a profound philosophical question An imaginary, or social imaginary is the set of values institutions laws and symbols common to a particular Social group and the corresponding society Parallel universe or alternative reality is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own Disinformation is the deliberate dissemination of false Information. Misinformation is wrong or inaccurate information It is distinguished from Disinformation by Motive – misinformation is simply erroneous while disinformation Imagination is the ability to form Mental images/sounds/feelings or the ability to Spontaneously Generate images/sounds/feelings within one's own Mind Subjectivity refers to a subject's perspective particularly feelings beliefs and desires An altered state of consciousness, (ASC also named altered state of mind is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking Beta wave state Psychosis (from the Greek ψυχή "psyche" for mind or soul and -οσις "-osis" for abnormal condition with adjective psychotic Dreams are the images sounds thoughts and feelings experienced while Sleeping, particularly strongly associated with Rapid eye movement sleep.
Imaginary worlds have been the subject of cosmological and philosophical speculation since ancient times. Cosmology (from Greek grc κοσμολογία - grc κόσμος kosmos, "universe" and grc -λογία -logia) is study Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language "Ancient" redirects here For other uses see Ancient_(disambiguation.
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Settings
Imaginary settings need not reflect or resemble the natural world, and logic, physics and plausibility are frequently ignored or violated. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe.
- Artificial mythology
- Campaign setting
- Fantasy world
- Flatland
- List of fantasy worlds
- Mythical place
- Phantom island
- Planets in science fiction
- Virtual world
- Dream world
Places
Imaginary places are best known from myth and fiction, such as where a purposely-created fiction forms part of a fictional universe, and provide background information and locale for the story. Mythopoeia (also mythopoesis, after Hellenistic Greek grc μυθοποιία μυθοποίησις "myth-making" is a narrative Genre in modern A campaign setting is usually a Fictional world which serves as a setting for a Role-playing game or Wargame campaign A fantasy world is a type of Imaginary world, part of a Fictional universe used in Fantasy novels and games For other uses see Flatland (disambiguation Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 Science fiction This is a Partial list of fictional Fantasy worlds according to the medium they appear in Novels and short stories Amber - Roger A mythological place (also called "mythical place" is a place that a particular culture describes in their Mythology and Folklore as existent Phantom islands are Islands that were believed to exist and appeared on maps for a period of time (sometimes centuries during recorded history but were later removed after Planets in science fiction are fictional Planets that appear in various media especially those of the Science fiction genre as story-settings or depicted locations A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars These avatars are usually depicted Dream worlds (also called dream realms or illusory realms) are a commonly used Plot device in Fictional works most notably in Science Alternate history Campaign setting Counterfactual history Fantasy world Fictional The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science In this context an imaginary world may be a world constructed for a specific purpose (eg. constructed world), or created for personal enjoyment (eg. as in geofiction), or may emerge naturally from the narrative. Geofiction is a Hobby where people design imaginary cities countries or entire worlds including placenames culture social and political structures and even
- Fictional country
- Fictional universe (which may also be known as a "science fiction universe" or a "fictional realm")
- List of fictional counties
- List of fictional universes
- List of fictional U.S. states
Events or scenarios
Cogitation and fiction may both conjure events which did not, might not have, may never or will never happen; such events can be said to occur in an imaginary world. A fictional country is a Country that is made up for fictional stories A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science Fictional counties are created by an author for character placement and story background This is a list of Fictional universes, organized by Genre and by sub-genre This is a list of fictional US states found in various works Fictional states are not as common as fictional cities counties or countries often a work will invent a fictional
- Alternate history
- Alternate future
- Future history
- Secret history
- List of fictional timelines
- Counterfactual history
Types of Imaginary Worlds
There are many kinds of imaginary worlds by purpose and design. Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction In Science fiction stories involving Time travel, an alternate future or alternative future is a possible Future which never comes to pass typically This article focuses on future histories in general For Robert A A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real (or known History which is claimed to have been deliberately Counterfactual history, also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a recent form of Historiography which attempts to answer "what if" questions Note there is not any official classification.
Constructed worlds
Imaginary worlds created for fun, scientistic studies or as setting of a fictional world. They are generally very detailed, and may include mapbuilding, images, documentations, constructed languages, cultures and mythologies. Many of them are collaborative projects.
Pure imaginary world
Any person (i. e. a kid) can imagine on his mind an imaginary world or fantasy realm. It is usually be a personal world, and would lack of the details and complexity of a whole constructed worlds.
Virtual World
An imaginary world created to be used in video games or role-play games by PC.
Speculative worlds
Worlds that were believed to exist but it has been never proved, like the star Nemesis. Nemesis is a hypothetical Red dwarf star or Brown dwarf, orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 50000 to 100000 AU, somewhat
Generic extraterrestrial worlds
Many generatic worlds are used in fiction. I. e. Spaceman Spiff visited many generic planets in the Calvin and Hobbes strip. Calvin and Hobbes is a Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative Unlike the most other imaginary worlds, they are not developed.
Alternative Earths
Versions of Earth with different physical rules are often depicted on fiction.
See also
- constructed world
- fiction
- geofiction
- Parallel universe (fiction)
- multiverse (which encompasses the concepts of "alternate universes" and "parallel universes")
- parallel world
- possible world
- shared universe
- virtual reality
External Links
- Pegasus- A repository for user-defined imaginary worlds and mythology
- Jacmus Prime
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