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Imagination as a source of rationality in development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2008

Henry Markovits
Henry Markovits
Affiliation:
Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada. [email protected]; [email protected]://www.psycho.uqam.ca/NUN/d_pages_profs/d_Markovits/Index.html
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Abstract

Byrne's book makes a strong case for the important role of imagination as a creator of possibilities that are used to understand complex relations, while remaining rational. I suggest that imagination also serves a critical developmental role by creating possibilities that are not rational, and that act to modify the nature of the cognitive processes that are used to define rationality.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 5-6 , December 2007 , pp. 462 - 463
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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