Epistemic Uses of Imagination

This book explores how imagination can be put to epistemic use, addressing issues such as how imaginings must be constrained to justify beliefs and give rise to knowledge. It will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on imagination, epistemology, aesthetics, and philosophy of mind.

Format: Hardback
Length: 334 pages
Publication date: 14 June 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The exploration of imagination's potential epistemic roles has recently garnered significant philosophical attention. While imagination has traditionally been associated with modal knowledge, philosophers have increasingly recognized its potential to contribute to knowledge in various contexts. This collection of essays delves into the diverse issues surrounding the epistemic uses of imagination, particularly focusing on the constraints that must be imposed on our imaginations to justify beliefs and yield knowledge. The contributors examine these constraints across different domains, including reasoning, modality, modal knowledge, thought experiments, and knowledge of self and others. By examining these diverse contexts, the contributions in this volume offer groundbreaking insights into when and how imagination can be epistemically valuable. Epistemic Uses of Imagination is a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students engaged in the study of imagination, as well as those working in epistemology, aesthetics, and philosophy of mind. Chapters 6 and 12 of this book are available as free downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Weight: 614g
Dimension: 158 x 235 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367480561