Accuracy in imagining

titleAccuracy in imagining
start_date2022/12/08
schedule16h15 CEST
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summaryThe idea that imagination should be thought of as a skill has in recent years become increasingly common in philosophy of imagination. If we accept this idea, then it seems to follow that different people will be better at imagining than other people and, correspondingly, that some particular imaginings are better than others. But what factors are we evaluating when making a judgment on this score? While there are undoubtedly many dimensions along which one imagining might be said to be better than another, in this paper I focus on just one such dimension: Accuracy. What does it mean for one imagining to be more accurate than another? After first explaining when and how accuracy is relevant in imaginative contexts, I give an account of accuracy that connects it to imaginative aim.
responsiblesRighetti, Werning, Kourken, Andonovski