Imagination

AvAmy Kind

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Imagination plays a central role in key debates across a range of philosophical subjects including philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and epistemology. What is imagination, and how can we best account for its nature? How does imagination relate to other mental states like belief, desire, perception, and memory? What role does it play in epistemic, creative, and ethical contexts?In this excellent and wide-ranging survey of imagination, Amy Kind addresses these questions and more, with a focus on key topics including:three leading theories of imaginationthe importance of imagination for decision-making, planning, and knowledge acquisitionthe connection between imagination and creativitythe role of imagination in our engagement with fiction, and several puzzles to which this engagement gives risehow imagination contributes to our understanding of othersthe ethical assessment of imaginative activities, and particularly the activity of fantasizingThe future of imagination.With the addition of chapter summaries, annotated further reading, and a glossary of key terms, Imagination is essential reading not only for those studying imagination for the first time but also for more advanced students and researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, aesthetics, and ethics.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-12-16
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Problems of Philosophy
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367000653

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Amy Kind is Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, USA. Her many books relating to imagination or consciousness include the following Routledge volumes: Philosophy of Mind: The Basics (2020), What is Consciousness? A Debate (with Daniel Stoljar, 2023), Philosophy of Mind: Fifty Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (with Torin Alter and Robert Howell, 2024), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination (editor, 2016), Epistemic Uses of Imagination (edited with Christopher Badura, 2021), and Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (editor, 2019).

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'Kind offers an exceptional introduction to the philosophy of imagination, its history, and its interdisciplinary significance. The book expertly weaves together and organizes the different strands of a rapidly-expanding subfield, and shows how philosophical examination of imagination can illuminate debates in ethics, art, epistemology, cognitive science, and elsewhere.' - Luke Roelofs, University of Texas at Arlington, USA'A timely contribution to philosophy of imagination that will be of interest to newcomers and specialists alike. It combines an authoritative account of the field’s current state with a compelling defense of the “imagery theory” of imagination, which has not received the sustained scholarly attention it deserves since its original development. The book thus provides both an illuminating overview of relevant literature and fills a central gap within it.' - Daniel Munro, Boston University, USA

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. What is Imagination? 2. The Imagery Theory 3. The Recreative Theory 4. The Reductionist Theory 5. Imagination in an Epistemic Context 6. Imagination in a Creative Context 7. Imagination in an Ethical Context Conclusion. Glossary Bibliography Index