Abstract: This chapter argues that all creative thought ultimately reduces to creative action. On this account, action schemata are activated creatively and rehearsed, issuing in globally broadcast imagery (including inner speech). It is argued that the proper function of childhood pretend play is to practice creative supposition, and the absence of pretence in autism as a test case is examined. The chapter closes with some discussion of creative hypothesis generation and creative language use in adulthood.

Keywords: autism, creative action, creative language use, creative thought, global broadcast, hypothesis generation, imagery, inner speech, mental rehearsal, pretend play,