LEADER 03126nam 2200541 450 001 9910822405503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-2742-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501727429 035 $a(CKB)4100000006671545 035 $a(OCoLC)1132219370 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse71291 035 $a(DE-B1597)515032 035 $a(OCoLC)1054065691 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501727429 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5516029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5516029 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006671545 100 $a20181006d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe analytic imaginary /$fMarguerite La Caze 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (194 pages) 311 $a0-8014-3935-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Philosophical Images -- $t2. Analogizing Abortion -- $t3. Experimenting with Persons -- $t4. Contractarian Myths -- $t5. Metaphorical Knowledge -- $t6. Modeling Aesthetics -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe notion of the philosophical imaginary developed by Michéle Le Doeuff refers to the capacity to imagine as well as to the stock of images philosophers employ. Making use of this notion, Marguerite La Caze explores the idea of the imaginary of analytic philosophy. Noting the marked tendency of analytic philosophy to be unselfconscious about the use of figurative language and the levels at which it works, La Caze shows how analytic images can work to define the parameters of debates and exclude differing approaches, including feminist ones.La Caze focuses on five influential types of images in five central areas of contemporary analytic philosophy: analogies and how they are used in the abortion debates; thought experiments in personal identity; the myth of the social contract; Thomas Nagel's use of visual and spatial metaphors in epistemology; and Kendall Walton's use of children's games as a foundational model in aesthetics.The author shows how the image promotes assumptions and conceals tensions in philosophical works, how the image persuades, and how it limits debate and excludes ideas. In providing an analysis of and reflection on the nature of the analytic imaginary, La Caze suggests that a more open-ended and reflexive approach can result in richer, more fruitful, philosophical work. 606 $aAnalysis (Philosophy) 606 $aThought experiments 606 $aFigures of speech 606 $aMetaphor 615 0$aAnalysis (Philosophy) 615 0$aThought experiments. 615 0$aFigures of speech. 615 0$aMetaphor. 676 $a146/.4 700 $aLa Caze$b Marguerite$01644291 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822405503321 996 $aThe analytic imaginary$93990079 997 $aUNINA