The Rational Imagination : How People Create Alternatives to Reality.
Title:
The Rational Imagination : How People Create Alternatives to Reality.
Author:
Byrne, Ruth M J.
ISBN:
9780262269629
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (269 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 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 -- References -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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