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Full Idea
The besetting foible of philosophers is mistaking failures of imagination for insights into necessity.
Gist of Idea
Philosophers regularly confuse failures of imagination with insights into necessity
Source
Daniel C. Dennett (Brainchildren [1998], Ch.25)
Book Ref
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Brainchildren' [Penguin 1998], p.366