Is considering true possibilities a truly explanatory principle for imaginative thought?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30 (5-6):468-469 (2007)
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Abstract

Byrne (2005) demonstrates that reasoning and imagination are logical and governed by the same processing principles. In extending those principles to other forms of imaginative functioning, however, problems arise. The meaning of is stretched, and the causal role of the principles is not well established. Nevertheless, consideration of the extent to which ordinary cognitive processes govern creative functioning is valuable

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