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9%OFFJerome Bruner - Actual Minds, Possible Worlds - 9780674003668 - V9780674003668
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Actual Minds, Possible Worlds

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Description for Actual Minds, Possible Worlds Paperback. Offers a psychological approach to literature, examines the connection between language and reality, and discusses education and intellectual development. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.

In this characteristically graceful and provocative book, Jerome Bruner, one of the principal architects of the cognitive revolution, sets forth nothing less than a new agenda for the study of mind. According to Professor Bruner, cognitive science has set its sights too narrowly on the logical, systematic aspects of mental life—those thought processes we use to solve puzzles, test hypotheses, and advance explanations. There is obviously another side to the mind—a side devoted to the irrepressibly human acts of imagination that allow us to make experience meaningful. This is the side of the mind that leads to good stories, gripping ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Series
The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
377g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674003668
SKU
V9780674003668
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About Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner was University Professor at New York University.

Reviews for Actual Minds, Possible Worlds
A brilliant synthesis of contemporary anthropology, sociology, literary theory, and philosophy as well as psychology.
Michael Stern
San Francisco Chronicle
The human mind is everywhere at work, in daily life, in myth, in art, in science, in politics, showing a diversity and depth that cannot be reproduced in laboratory experiments. In order to get a comprehensive picture, ... Read more

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