The rational imagination : how people create alternatives to reality

The rational imagination : how people create alternatives to reality / Ruth M.J. Byrne.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Byrne, Ruth M. J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2005.
Subjects:	Imagination (Philosophy) Reasoning.

Table of Contents:

The counterfacutal imagination
Imagination and rational thought
Imagining how actions might have been different
Thinking about what should have happened
Causal relations and counterfactuals
"Even if..."
The "last chance"
Individuals and creative thoughts
The idea of a rational imigination.