Imaginative Resistance and Variation

Imaginative resistance is roughly a phenomenon that is characterized by either an inability or an unwillingness to imagine some proposition. It has been noted that this phenomenon varies from person to person and from context to context. Most philosophers account for this variation by appealing to contextual factor (i.e. genres). While such accounts make progress, I argue that the variation outruns the use of such a tactic. I propose a new account that can explain all of the variation.