Cognitive Confusions: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture |
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| Author:
| MacCarthy, Ita
Sellevold, Kirsti
Smith, Olivia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-909662-99-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2050 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Looks at early modern understandings of how to distinguish reality from dream, or delusion from belief. Opening with cognitivist and philosophical perspectives, this book examines test cases from across European literature, providing an original documentation of the mind in its most creative and pathological states.
Looks at early modern understandings of how to distinguish reality from dream, or delusion from belief. Opening with cognitivist and philosophical perspectives, this book examines test cases from across European literature, providing an original documentation of the mind in its most creative and pathological states.