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The rational imagination : how people create alternatives to reality /

"The human imagination remains one of the last uncharted terrains of the mind. This accessible and original monograph explores a central aspect of the imagination, the creation of counterfactual alternatives to reality, and claims that imaginative thoughts are guided by the same principles that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byrne, Ruth M. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
©2005
Colección:Bradford book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The counterfactual imagination
  • 2. Imagination and rational thought
  • 3. Imagining how actions might have been different
  • 4. Thinking about what should have happened
  • 5. Causal relations and counterfactuals
  • 6. ``Even if . . .''
  • 7. The ``last chance''
  • 8. Individuals and creative thoughts
  • 9. The idea of a rational imagination.