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Overview"Supposition is frequently invoked in many fields within philosophy, including aesthetics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and epistemology. However, there is a striking lack of consensus about the nature of supposition. What is supposition? Is supposition a sui generis type of mental state or is it reducible to some other type of mental state? These are the main questions Margherita Arcangeli explores in this book. She examines the characteristic features of supposition, along the dimensions of phenomenology and emotionality, among others, in a journey through the imaginative realm. An informed answer to the question ""What is supposition?"" must involve an analysis of imagination, since supposition is so often defined in opposition to the latter. She assesses rival explanations of supposition putting forward a novel view, according to which the proper way of seeing supposition is as a primitive type of imaginative state. Supposition and the Imaginative Realm: A Philosophical Inquiry will be of great interest to students of philosophy of psychology, aesthetics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and epistemology." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Margherita ArcangeliPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.367kg ISBN: 9781138223042ISBN 10: 1138223042 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 16 November 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroducing supposition: To imagine or not to imagine, that is the question Part 1: The facets of supposition 1. Phenomenology 2. Emotionality 3. Participation 4. Features proper to supposition Part 2: The nature of supposition 5. Supposition as non-imaginative 6. Supposition as imaginative Supposition and the imaginative realm: Remapping the territory References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationMargherita Arcangeli is an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is the author of several articles on the imagination and other topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and aesthetics, among which are thought experiments, memory and the sublime. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |