Narrative and Consciousness

Literature, Psychology and the Brain
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-516172-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

The evocation of narrative as a way to understand the content of consciousness, including memory, autobiography, self, and imagination, has sparked truly interdisciplinary work among psychologists, philosophers, and literary critics. Research presented in this volume should appeal to researchers enmeshed in these problems.

The evocation of narrative as a way to understand the content of consciousness, including memory, autobiography, self, and imagination, has sparked truly interdisciplinary work among psychologists, philosophers, and literary critics. Even neuroscientists have taken an interest in the stories people create to understand themselves, their past, and the world around them. The research presented in this volume should appeal to researchers enmeshed in these problems, as well as the general reader with an interest in the philosophical problem of what consciousness is and how it functions in the everyday world.

1. Introduction; PART I: ROLE OF NARRATIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS; 2. Narrative and the emergence of a consciousness of self; 3. The development of self; PART II: NARRATIVE AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; 4. The role of narrative in re

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fireman, Gary D.

Gingold, Robert J.

McVay, Ted E.

Flanagan, Owen J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Bewusstseinszustände
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Wahrnehmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Über Autor(innen)

Fireman, Gary D. (Associate Professor of Psychology, Texas Tech University, USA) / McVay, Ted E. (Associate Professor of Spanish, Texas Tech University, USA) / Flanagan, Owen J. (James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, Duke University, USA)