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On the origin of stories : evolution, cognition, and fiction /

A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects--anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics, culture, and art. Now a distinguished schola...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boyd, Brian, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Animal, Human, Art, Story
  • Book I. Evolution, Art, and Fiction
  • Part 1. Evolution and Nature
  • 1. Evolution and Human Nature?
  • 2. Evolution, Adaptation, and Adapted Minds
  • 3. The Evolution of Intelligence
  • 4. The Evolution of Cooperation
  • Part 2. Evolution and Art
  • 5. Art as Adaptation?
  • 6. Art as Cognitive Play
  • 7. Art and Attention
  • 8. From Tradition to Innovation
  • Part 3. Evolution and Fiction
  • 9. Art, Narrative, Fiction
  • 10. Understanding and Recalling Events
  • 11. Narrative: Representing Events
  • 12. Fiction: Inventing Events
  • 13. Fiction as Adaptation
  • Book II. From Zeus to Seuss: Origins of Stories
  • Part 4. Phylogeny: The Odyssey
  • 14. Earning Attention (1): Natural Patterns: Character and Plot
  • 15. Earning Attention (2): Open-Ended Patterns: Ironies of Structure
  • 16. The Evolution of Intelligence (1): In the Here and Now
  • 17. The Evolution of Intelligence (2): Beyond the Here and Now
  • 18. The Evolution of Cooperation (1): Expanding the Circle
  • 19. The Evolution of Cooperation (2): Punishment
  • Part 5. Ontogeny: Horton Hears a Who!
  • 20. Problems and Solutions: Working at Play
  • 21. Levels of Explanation: Universal, Local, and Individual
  • 22. Levels of Explanation: Individuality Again
  • 23. Levels of Explanation: Particular
  • 24. Meanings
  • Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospects: Evolution, Literature, Criticism
  • Afterword: Evolution, Art, Story, Purpose
  • Notes.