Recreative Minds

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

Av Gregory Currie, Ian Ravenscroft, University of Nottingham) Currie, Gregory (, Professor of Philosophy, Adelaide) Ravenscroft, Ian (, Lecturer in Philosophy, Flinders University

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This text develops a philosophical theory of imagination that draws upon the latest work in psychology. This theory illuminates the use of imagination in coming to terms with art, its role in enabling us to live as social beings, and the psychological consequences of disordered imagination. Currie and Ravenscroft offer a lucid exploration of the subject for readers in philosophy, psychology and aesthetics.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-10-03
Mått162 x 242 x 19 mm
Vikt506 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor244
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198238089

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Recreative Minds is an insightful and wide-ranging discussion of the nature of imagination and its role in human cognition. Topics covered include the distinctions amongst different kinds of imagining (for example, between belief-like imaginings and perception-like imaginings), the mechanisms underlying visual and motor imagery, the role of imagination in mind-reading (that is, in mental-state attribution), the nature and developmental significance of childhood pretence, our emotional responses to literature and theatre, and explanations of autism and schizophrenia as (distinct) kinds of disorder of the imagination. Currie and Ravenscroft write clearly and engagingly throughout, and their careful dissection of many of the issues and arguments that they consider is quite masterful. The book deserves to be widely read by both philosophers and psychologists interested in any of the above topics.