The Origin of Ideas Blending, Creativity, and the Human Spark.
Turner, Mark.
The Origin of Ideas Blending, Creativity, and the Human Spark. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (314 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; The Origin Of Ideas; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Human Spark; 2 Catch a Fire; 3 The Idea of You; 4 The Idea of I; 5 Forbidden Ideas; 6 Artful Ideas; 7 Vast Ideas; 8 Tight Ideas; 9 Recurring Ideas; 10 Future Ideas; Appendix The Academic Workbench; Notes; References; Index
What makes human beings so innovative, so adept at rapid, creative thinking? Where do new ideas come from, and once we have them, how can we carry them mentally into new situations? What allows our thinking to range easily over time, space, causation, and agency-so easily that we take this truly remarkable ability for granted? In The Origin of Ideas, Mark Turner offers a provocative new theory to answer these and many other questions. While other species do what we cannot-fly, run amazingly fast, see in the dark-only human beings can innovate so rapidly and widely. Turner argues that this dist.
9780199988839
Creative ability.
Idea (Philosophy).
Creative ability.
Idea (Philosophy)
Electronic Books.
BF408 / .O754 2014
The Origin of Ideas Blending, Creativity, and the Human Spark. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (314 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; The Origin Of Ideas; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Human Spark; 2 Catch a Fire; 3 The Idea of You; 4 The Idea of I; 5 Forbidden Ideas; 6 Artful Ideas; 7 Vast Ideas; 8 Tight Ideas; 9 Recurring Ideas; 10 Future Ideas; Appendix The Academic Workbench; Notes; References; Index
What makes human beings so innovative, so adept at rapid, creative thinking? Where do new ideas come from, and once we have them, how can we carry them mentally into new situations? What allows our thinking to range easily over time, space, causation, and agency-so easily that we take this truly remarkable ability for granted? In The Origin of Ideas, Mark Turner offers a provocative new theory to answer these and many other questions. While other species do what we cannot-fly, run amazingly fast, see in the dark-only human beings can innovate so rapidly and widely. Turner argues that this dist.
9780199988839
Creative ability.
Idea (Philosophy).
Creative ability.
Idea (Philosophy)
Electronic Books.
BF408 / .O754 2014