The role of imagination in making water from moon rocks: How scientists use imagination to break constraints on imagination.

Scientists recognize the necessity of imagination for solving tough problems. But how does the cognitive faculty responsible for daydreaming also help in solving scientific problems? Philosophers claim that imagination is informative only when it is constrained to be maximally realistic. However, us...

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Publicado en:Analysis Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 122 - 136
Autores principales: Stuart, Michael T, Sargeant, Hannah
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2025
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