The Poetics of Mind

The Poetics of Mind
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : 0521429927
ISBN-13 : 9780521429924
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Book Synopsis The Poetics of Mind by : Raymond W. Gibbs

Download or read book The Poetics of Mind written by Raymond W. Gibbs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-26 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this bold new work, Ray Gibbs demonstrates that human cognition is deeply poetic and that figurative imagination constitutes the way we understand ourselves and the world in which we live.


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