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26 - The Future-Directed Functions of the Imagination: From Prediction to Metaforesight

from Part III - Intentionality-Based Forms of the Imagination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2020

By
Adam Bulley ,
Jonathan Redshaw  and
Thomas Suddendorf
Edited by
Anna Abraham
Anna Abraham
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
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One of the fundamental roles of human imagination is to enable the representation of possible future events. Here, we survey some of the most critical abilities that this foresight supports: anticipating future emotions, setting and pursuing goals, preparing for threats, deliberately acquiring skills and knowledge, and intentionally shaping the future environment. Furthermore, we outline how metacognition bolsters human capacities even further by enabling people to reflect on and compensate for the natural limits of their foresight. For example, humans make contingency plans because they appreciate that their initial predictions may turn out to be wrong. We suggest that the processes involved in monitoring, controlling, and ultimately augmenting future-oriented imagination represent an important and understudied parallel of “metamemory” that should be called “metaforesight.”

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episodic foresightepisodic future thinkingprospectionmetamemorymetaforesightintertemporal choicedeliberate practicegoalsaffective forecastinganxiety
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination , pp. 425 - 444
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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