WHY YOU CAN’T ACTUALLY IMAGINE THE IMPOSSIBLE (BUT THINK THAT YOU CAN)

• Authors: Luke Malik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There are philosophers who think that it is possible to imagine the meta-physically impossible. On the one hand, there are philosophers that think that only knowledge limits what one can imagine. Prior to knowledge of certain facts the imagination is unbounded. On the other hand, there are philosophers who think that the imagination is unconstrained whatever. The author shall argue that (a) it is not actually possible to imagine what is metaphysically impossible, though (b) it appears to be possible. He takes this to be a defence of the Kripkean view. He aims to develop an understanding of the imagination that can accommodate this view.

Keywords

EN

EXEMPLIFICATION; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE; KRIPKE; MENTAL REPRESENTATION

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 499 – 517

Contributors

author

Luke Malik

• Kyoto, Japan