As If
Idealization and Ideals
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2017
978-0-674-98219-2 (ISBN)
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Idealization is a basic feature of human thought. We proceed "e,as if"e, our representations were true, while knowing they are not. Kwame Anthony Appiah defends the centrality of the imagination in science, morality, and everyday life and shows that our best chance for accessing reality is to open our minds to a plurality of idealized depictions.
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