Gregory, D.I. (2020) Imagery and possibility. Nous, 54 (4). pp. 755-773. ISSN 0029-4624
Abstract
We often ascribe possibility to the scenes that are displayed by mental or nonmental sensory images. The paper presents a novel argument for thinking that we are prima facie justified in ascribing metaphysical possibility to what is displayed by suitable visual images, and it argues that many of our imagery-based ascriptions of metaphysical possibility are therefore prima facie justified. Some potential objections to the arguments are discussed, and some potential extensions of them, to cover nonvisual forms of imagery and nonmetaphysical forms of possibility, are endorsed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Noûs. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 10:56 |
Last Modified: | 24 Nov 2021 10:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/nous.12275 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140001 |