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Imagination can be considered the mind’s generation of ideas. Accordingly, it is an a priori of action because an image of a future state is a prerequisite of action as has been mentioned earlier. Further, without generative imagination there can be no new concepts or relations between them, only robotic imitation .
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Note that what is being done here is applying an imaginary construction of actors without imagination. The purpose is to elucidate the relationship between imagination and innovation.
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There is no need for discussing this further in this context. Very few people would claim otherwise and elucidating the logical reasons for this assertion would involve a long and complex metaphysical digression.
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Tonsberg, T.A., Henderson, J.S. (2016). The “A Priori” Category of Imagination. In: Understanding Leadership in Complex Systems. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40445-5_18
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