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imaginability

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indeed over its imaginability and conceptualization, does not threaten to put an end to Utopian speculation altogether and to return us sagely to the here-and-now and our own empirical and historical limits.
Fredric Jameson and anti-anti-Utopianism by Fitting, Peter / Arena Journal
These include biases (i) due to the retrievability of instances (examples easily brought to mind are often judged to be more likely than they actually are), (ii) due to imaginability (easily imagined outcomes can give the illusion that they are more common), and (iii) due to illusory correlation (one event more strongly implies another if the two events frequently occur simultaneously).
Subjective probabilities: psychological theories and economic ... by Chiodo, Abbigail J.; Guidolin, Massimo; Owyang, Michael T.; Shimoji, Makoto / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review
Slovic, Fischhoff, and Lichtenstein (1981) found that certain factors influence risk attitudes and behavior, one of which is imaginability, the ability to imagine consequences of an event.
Selecting pesticides and nonchemical alternatives: green thumbs' ... by Grieshop, James I.; Stiles, Martha C.; Bone, Pamela S. / Journal of Consumer Affairs
 
 
 
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