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2 - Imagination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2019

Bartosz Brożek
Bartosz Brożek
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Jagiellonian University, Krakow
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In this chapter I argue that imagination is the missing piece of the puzzle in the existing theories of legal cognition. At first glance, imagination seems too idiosyncratic and ephemeral to become an important part of any account of legal reasoning or argumentation. The two words used in the previous sentence are worth emphasizing: “reasoning” and “argumentation.” Neither of them can easily be associated with picturing something in one’s mind.

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The Legal Mind
A New Introduction to Legal Epistemology
 , pp. 39 - 67
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Imagination
  • Bartosz Brożek, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
  • Book: The Legal Mind
  • Online publication: 08 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108695084.003
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  • Imagination
  • Bartosz Brożek, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
  • Book: The Legal Mind
  • Online publication: 08 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108695084.003
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  • Imagination
  • Bartosz Brożek, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
  • Book: The Legal Mind
  • Online publication: 08 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108695084.003
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