Notebooks of the Mind : Explorations of Thinking.
Title:
Notebooks of the Mind : Explorations of Thinking.
Author:
John-Steiner, Vera.
ISBN:
9780198026877
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Revised Edition -- Introduction -- Part 1: Sources of Thought -- 1 The Beginnings -- 2 Apprenticeships -- 3 The Invisible Tools -- Part 2: The Languages of the Mind -- 4 Visual Thinking -- 5 Verbal Thinking -- 6 The Languages of Emotion -- 7 Scientific Thinking -- Conclusion: The Creativity of Thinking -- Appendix 1: List of Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
An account of the human mind that uses a combination of personal accounts and laboratory studies of thought process to cover topics such as the importance of childhood mentor figures; the lengthy apprenticeship of the talented person; and the development of self-expression.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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