It is widely accepted that readers will resist imagining a character in story did something morally wrong, even if the endorses this judgement. This paper argues, first, not question of whether act was wrong salient as they read; and, second, asking certain can be part correctly appreciating story—even foreground story, and itself discourages from it, common some forms ‘hermeneutics suspicion’....

Abstract I explore the view that metaphysics is essentially imaginative. argue central goal of on this understanding, not truth. Metaphysics- as-essentially-imaginative provides novel answers to challenges both value and epistemic status metaphysics.

Imaginative pleasure through daydreaming has been theorized to be important in understanding the experience of desire and as a factor escalating consumption. However, there is risk this underplays range potentially immersive intense experiences daydreaming, prior independent purchase or use marketplace commodities. Drawing on in-depth interviews, participant diaries projective techniques, study...