The rational imagination : how people create alternatives to reality /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byrne, Ruth M. J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
©2005
Series:Bradford book.
Subjects:
Imagination (Philosophy)
Reasoning.
Imagination (Philosophie)
Raisonnement.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Reasoning
Rationales Denken
Imagination
Verbeelding.
Rationaliteit.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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