The Work of the Imagination [Paperback]

This book demonstrates how children's imagination makes a continuing contribution to their cognitive and emotional development.Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Bleuler in Weimar.

Pretend Play.

Role Play.

Imagination and Emotion.

Reasoning, Make-believe and Dialogue.

Counterfactual Thinking.

Obligation and Violation.

Beyond Possibility.

Language and Imagination.

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

In a book as creative and inventive as his subject matter, Paul Harris leads us on an intriguing journey into the world of, and the work of, the imagination...he shows us how thoroughly the mundane, the imaginative, and the magical intermingle, in childhood and adulthood, to form the very nature of human cognition. Henry M. Wellman, University of Michigan.

Paul Harris's intriguing and lucid book summarizes twenty years of empirical research. Alison Gopnik, Science, April 2001

A fascinating, accessible and extremely well-researched introduction to how much evolutionary psychologists have learnt over the past few years about this unique ability. Infancia y Aprendizaje, vol 24(2), 2001.

Ground-breaking...this book is quickly becoming required reading for all students of cognitive development and will have an important impact on the field . Social Development

An extraordinarily comprehensive and informative book Tamar Szabo Gendler, Mind, Vol. 3, Apr. 2002

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This is a highly interesting, nontechnical, easy to read book on childrenló%