This book showcases a rich analysis on how imagination is understood across several disciplines of study such as anthropology, archaeology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and the arts. In reading this book, researchers, students and practitioners will learn about fundamental issues of relevance in relation to imagination.
The human imagination manifests in countless different forms. We imagine the possible and the impossible. How do we do this so effortlessly? Why did the capacity for imagination evolve and manifest with undeniably manifold complexity uniquely in human beings? This handbook re?ects on such questions by collecting perspectives on imagination from leading experts. It showcases a rich and detailed analysis on how the imagination is understood across several disciplines of study, including anthropology, archaeology, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and the arts. An integrated theoretical-empirical-applied picture of the ?eld is presented, which stands to inform researchers, students, and practitioners about the issues of relevance across the board when considering the imagination. With each chapter, the nature of human imagination is examined - what it entails, how it evolved, and why it singularly de?nes us as a species.
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Weiterführende Informationen
Personen: Abraham, Anna
The Cambridge handbook of the imagination / edited by Anna Abraham (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA). - Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2020. - xxii, 842 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme. - Literaturangaben
ISBN 978-1-108-45342-4 : 73,55 EUR
Systematische Philosophie - Signatur: CC 5500 A159-01 - Buch