The rational imagination : how people create alternatives to reality /
Byrne, Ruth M. J.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
c2005.
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-241) and index.
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.
Imagination (Philosophy)
Reasoning.