Recreative Minds: Imagination in Philosophy and Psychology

by Gregory Currie, Ian Ravenscroft

Overview

Recreative Minds 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. The authors offer a lucid exploration of a fascinating subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198238096
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/27/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	9.14(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

University of Nottingham

Flinders University, Adelaide

Table of Contents

PrefaceThe ArgumentImagination and its Circle1. Projections and recreations2. Family and friendsSimulation in a Generalized Setting3. The simulation program4. Imagery: capacities and mechanisms5. Content and conservationDevelopment and Disorder6. Impractical reason7. Autism: some pieces of the puzzle8. Schizophrenia: the monitoring of thought and actionEmotions in Imagination9. Emotion and the fictionalReferencesIndex