Cognitive Confusions: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions...

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Ita MacCarthy Kirsti Sellevold

Cognitive Confusions

Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in...

Ita MacCarthy, Kirsti Sellevold, Olivia Smith

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Legenda
31 December 2023

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Sleep & dreams

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A distinctively human aspect of the mind is its ability to handle both factual and counter factual scenarios. This brings enormous advantages, but we are far from infallible in monitoring the boundaries between the real, the imaginary and the pathological. In the early modern period, particularly, explorations of the mind's ability to roam beyond the factual became mainstream. It was an age of perspective art, anamorphism and optical illusions; of prophecy, apocalyptic dreams, and visions; and of fascination with the supernatural. This volume takes a fresh look at early modern understandings of how to distinguish reality from dream, or delusion from belief. Opening with cognitivist and philosophical perspectives, Cognitive Confusions then examines test cases from across European literature, providing an original documentation of the mind in its most creative and pathological states.

By: Ita MacCarthy, Kirsti Sellevold, Olivia Smith
Imprint: Legenda
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781909662995
ISBN 10: 1909662992
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 31 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active