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The evolution of imagination / Stephen T. Asma

by Stephen T. Asma

This study examines the role of improvisation and imagination in human evolution, culture, and psychology. Drawing on neuroscience and philosophy, it explores how the capacity to envision possibilities has shaped human development from the Palaeolithic era to the present day.

Accession 12402 ISBN 9780226225166 Publisher University of Chicago Press
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