Loading…

Actual minds, possible worlds /

Drawing on recent work in literary theory, linguistics, and symbolic anthropology, as well as cognitive and developmental psychology Professor Bruner examines the mental acts that enter into the imaginative creation of possible worlds, and he shows how the activity of imaginary world making undergir...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bruner, Jerome S. (Jerome Seymour)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1986.
Series:Jerusalem-Harvard lectures.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Drawing on recent work in literary theory, linguistics, and symbolic anthropology, as well as cognitive and developmental psychology Professor Bruner examines the mental acts that enter into the imaginative creation of possible worlds, and he shows how the activity of imaginary world making undergirds human science, literature, and philosophy, as well as everyday thinking, and even our sense of self. - Publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 201 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-192) and index.
ISBN:9780674029019
0674029011
0674003667
9780674003668