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2526 | Philosophers regularly confuse failures of imagination with insights into necessity [Dennett] |
Full Idea: The besetting foible of philosophers is mistaking failures of imagination for insights into necessity. | |
From: Daniel C. Dennett (Brainchildren [1998], Ch.25) |
3802 | Why pronounce impossible what you cannot imagine? [Dennett] |
Full Idea: You say you cannot imagine that p, and therefore declare that p is impossible. Mightn't that be hubris? | |
From: Daniel C. Dennett (Elbow Room: varieties of free will [1984], §7.3) |