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Aha! : the Moments of Insight that Shape Our World.
"Why do "aha moments" strike us suddenly? Why do they so often come to us when we are focused on something completely unrelated? And when great ideas "come to" us, where do they come from? In Aha!: The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World, philosopher William B. Irvine ex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Aha!
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One The Aha Moment in Religion
- Chapter 1 Seeing the Light
- Chapter 2 Vision or Hallucination?
- Chapter 3 Other People's Visions
- Part Two The Aha Moment in Morality
- Chapter 4 The Two Kinds of Moral Epiphany
- Chapter 5 Moral Feelings and Moral Codes
- Chapter 6 The Problem with Moral Reformers
- Part Three The Aha Moment in Science
- Chapter 7 The Joy of Discovery
- Chapter 8 On Keeping an Open Mind
- Chapter 9 Dealing with Rejection
- Part Four The Aha Moment in Mathematics
- Chapter 10 Moments of Pure Insight
- Chapter 11 The Magic of Incubation
- Chapter 12 The After-Math
- Part Five The Aha Moment in the Arts
- Chapter 13 Lots of Little Ahas
- Chapter 14 On Managing One's Muse
- Chapter 15 But Is It Art?
- Conclusion: Food for Thought
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index.