The Rational Imagination¶
Byrne, R. M. J. (2005). The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality. MIT Press.
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Primes¶
- Counterfactual Reasoning
- Mental simulation of alternative histories ("what if Napoleon had won at Waterloo?")
This sourceArgues counterfactual imagination is governed by the same principles as rational thought, identifying systematic patterns (controllable events, actions, last-in-sequence) in how alternatives are constructed.
- Mental simulation of alternative histories ("what if Napoleon had won at Waterloo?")
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