Metapsychology of the Creative Process

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Many are fascinated by the phenomenon of genius and search for an understanding of its nature. Modern research is not especially helpful in elucidating the inner process or its relation to ordinary thought. The present work comes from clinical studies of focal brain injuries that dissect unconscious cognition to reveal sub-surface lines of processing. The outcome is a process (microgenetic) theory of the mental state that differs markedly from mainstream (cognitive) psychology, but with the potential to clarify many features of thought and imagery, normal and exceptional. Creativity is not an isolated problem but touches many central issues in philosophical psychology.
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"Against the backdrop of an increasingly stale computational conception of brain-mind theorizing the renowned neurologist Jason Brown provides us with a powerful alternative. He offers a thoroughly process based approach that unifies the dynamics of brain function with mental phenomenology and shows us why creativity is its fundamental attribute. It is cognitive neuroscience that finally breaks the hold of 20th-century neophrenology and provides a vision of a fully unified neurophilosophy."

Aug 28, 2017

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01463/full

Source: Frontiers in Psychology

Credit: Robert Prentner

"Jason Brown's 'Metapsychology of the Creative Process' is a challenging but rewarding book to read… It connects with process philosophy and contemporary consciousness studies, and it brings some unusual (potentially revolutionary) ideas into the mix."

Mar 1, 2017

Source: Paradigm Explorer

Credit: David Lorimer

"The book is a philosophical attempt to make room for genuine novelty and creativity that are problematic within a system of causal determinism."
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- Product Detail: 1 Trade paperback (US), Trade paperback (UK)
- Publication Date: 01 May 2017
- ISBN-13: 9781845409234
- Product Content: Text (eye-readable)
- Extent: Main content page count : 200
- Code: 9781845409234
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 x 1.4 cm
- Weight: 300 grams
- Packaging Type: No outer packaging
- List Price: £14.95
- ONIX Version 2.1, Version 3

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Title: Metapsychology of the Creative Process
Subtitle: Continuous Novelty as the Ground of Creative Advance
Author: Jason W. Brown
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Imprint Academic

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