The rational imagination and other possibilities: Author's response
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Byrne, R.M.J., The rational imagination and other possibilities: Author's response, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, 2007, 470 - 480Download Item:
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In this response I discuss some of the key issues raised by the commentators on The Rational Imagination. I consider whether the imaginative creation of alternatives to reality is rational or irrational, and what happens in childhood cognition to enable a rational imagination to develop. I outline how thoughts about causality, counterfactuality, and controllability are intertwined and why some sorts of possibilities are more readily imagined than others. I conclude with a consideration of what the counterfactual imagination is for.
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Author: BYRNE, RUTH MARY JOSEPHINE
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