The Architecture of the Imagination: New Essays on Pretence, Possibility, and Fiction

This volume brings together specially written essays by leading researchers on the propositional imagination. This is the mental capacity we exploit when we imagine that Holmes has a bad habit or that there are zombies. It plays an essential role in philosophical theorizing, engaging with fiction, and indeed in everyday life. The Architecture of the Imagination capitalizes on recent attempts to give a cognitive account of this capacity, extending the theoretical picture and exploring the philosophical implications.

Author: Shaun Nichols
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 11/09/2006
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.36w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780199275731

About the Author
Shaun Nichols is Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Sentimental Rules (OUP, 2004), and co-author, with Stephen Stich, of Mindreading (OUP, 2003).

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