Roberto Thomas Arruda

In this work, we will approach essential questions about the collective imaginary and its relations to reality and truth. We will address this through a conceptual framework, followed by a factual analysis of observable behaviors. We will adopt not only the methodology but primarily the tenets and propositions of analytic philosophy, which will be apparent throughout the study and can be identified by the features described by Perez Rabossi (1975), who argues that certain family resemblances can identify analytic philosophy. He suggests the following family traits: a positive attitude toward scientific knowledge; a cautious attitude toward metaphysics; a conception of philosophy as a conceptual task, which takes conceptual analysis as a method; a close relationship between language and philosophy; a concern with seeking argumentative answers to philosophical problems; search for conceptual clarity Perez, Diana Ines, "Analytic Philosophy in Latin America”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ). These core concepts involve cultural, social, religious, scientific, philosophical, moral, and political content, belonging to the individual and collective existence of each of us. This work is grounded in analytical reflection. We will speculate on the most comprehensive and profound way we can express the results of our thoughts. Notwithstanding the multidisciplinary nature of the subject and the methodological openness to accepting contributions from any field of science, this work belongs to the aim of psychology and ontology or, in other terms, social and ontological psychology. The main scope of this paper is to observe how some essential evolutionary attributes of humankind, like creativity, imagination, and association, can become a hazardous sickness, sheltered in the misty shadows of intelligence.