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Philosophica Critica
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VEINBENDER, K.: Using Imagination as an Epistemic Tool

Philosophica Critica, vol. 6, 2020, no. 2, ISSN 1339-8970, pp. 30-42
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​Publication date: December 15, 2020
Abstract: The research question of the paper is whether we can acquire knowledge by using our imagination. I work with later Wittgenstein’s thesis according to which there is a difference between ordinary and philosophical doubt, I call them local and global doubts. According to Wittgenstein, philosophical doubt is not rooted in any language game, since it doubts something undoubtable. In a similar way, I distinguish local and global imagining suggesting only the local one can bring a piece of knowledge. In the last part of the paper I search for scientific evidence for my thesis and conclude that only particular examples help us to learn or predict our future experience.

Keywords: Imagination – Scepticism – Wittgenstein – Philosophical doubts – Epistemology of imagination

DOI: 10.17846/PC.2020.6.2.30-42
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