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Recreative minds : imagination in philosophy and psychology / Gregory Currie, Ian Ravescroft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Currie, Gregory, author.
- Ravenscroft, Ian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imagination (Philosophy).
- Imagination.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 233 pages)
- Other Title:
- Imagination in philosophy and psychology
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Imagination and its circle
- Projections and Recreations
- Family and Friends
- Simulation in a Generalized Setting
- The Simulation Programme
- Imagery: Capacities and Mechanisms
- Content and Conservation
- Development and Disorder
- Impractical Reason
- Autism: Some Pieces of the Puzzle
- Schizophrenia: The Monitoring of Thought and Action
- Emotions in Imagination
- Emotion and the Fictional.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-167956-9
- 0-19-823808-8
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