Supposition and the Imaginative Realm: A Philosophical Inquiry

Supposition is frequently invoked in many fields within philosophy, including aesthetics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and epistemology. However, there is a striking lack of consensus about the nature of supposition. What is supposition? Is supposition a sui generis type of mental state or is it reducible to some other type of mental state?

These are the main questions Margherita Arcangeli explores in this book. She examines the characteristic features of supposition, along the ...