{"product_id":"cognitive-confusions-ita-maccarthy-9781909662995","title":"Cognitive Confusions: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ita MacCarthy,Kirsti Sellevold,Olivia Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909662992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909662995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.50d","brand":"Ita MacCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425410597119,"sku":"9781909662995","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b812fdb-16b8-4b18-a6cd-76d5985c0589.jpg?v=1761539030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cognitive-confusions-ita-maccarthy-9781909662995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}