Intuition Imagination and Philosophical Methodology

Tamar Gendler draws together in this book a series of essays in which she investigates philosophical methodology which is now emerging as a central topic of philosophical discussions. Three intertwined themes run through the volume: imagination intuition and philosophical methodology. Each of the chapters focuses in one way or another on how we engage with subject matter that we take to be imaginary. This theme is explored in a wide range of cases including scientific thought experiments early c...See More