As If

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As If is written by Kwame Anthony Appiah and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674982193 (ISBN 10) and 9780674982192 (ISBN 13).

Idealization is a basic feature of human thought. We proceed “as if” our representations were true, while knowing they are not. Kwame Anthony Appiah defends the centrality of the imagination in science, morality, and everyday life and shows that our best chance for accessing reality is to open our minds to a plurality of idealized depictions.