@inbook{b9599379d5c24d92b41e3c29196622bb,
title = "How imagining having an experience can deliver information",
abstract = "People living in houses with tin roofs know that auditory experiences can tell them that it is raining outside, as can the visual experiences they have when looking out the window. Here we have two illustrations of how perceptual experiences can be sources of information. But what about imagining having an experience? That also can be a source of information. Should I get up early to see an eclipse of the moon? Should I buy a soundbar? We sometimes answer questions like these, in part at least, by imagining what it would be like to see an eclipse of the moon, and by imagining what it would be like to have better sound on one{\textquoteright}s TV. I defend an account of the “what it is likeness” of perceptual experiences that explains how imagining what it would be like to have a perceptual experience can be a source of information.",
author = "Frank Jackson",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025 selection and editorial matter, {\'I}ngrid Vendrell Ferran and Christiana Werner.",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.4324/9781003366898-3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781032433486",
series = "Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Series",
publisher = "Taylor \& Francis",
pages = "17--30",
editor = "Ferran, \{Ingrid Vendrell\} and Christiana Werner",
booktitle = "Imagination and Experience",
}