Title: The analytic imaginary /
Authors: La Caze, Marguerite.
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Analysis (Philosophy); Thought experiments.; Figures of speech; Metaphor
Abstract: "The notion of the philosophical imaginary developed by Michele Le Doeuff refers to the capacity to imagine as well as to the stock of images philosophers employ. Making use of this notion, Marguerite La Caze explores the idea of the imaginary of analytic philosophy. Noting the marked tendency of analytic philosophy to be unselfconscious about the use of figurative language and the levels at which it works, La Caze shows how analytic images can work to limit debates and exclude differing approaches, including feminist ones."
Contents: Philosophical images -- Analogizing abortion -- Experimenting with persons -- Contractarian myths -- Metaphorical knowledge -- Modeling aesthetics.