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The Arts and the Creation of Mind

Paperback • 2002 • English

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

By Elliot W. Eisner

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About the book

Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are, surprisingly, critically important means for developing complex and subtle aspects of the mind, argues Elliot Eisner in this engrossing book. In it he describes how various forms of thinking are evoked, developed, and refined through the arts. These forms of thinking, Eisner argues, are more helpful in dealing with the ambiguities and uncertainties of daily life than are the formally structured c...Show more

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ISBN

9780300105117

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

Format

Paperback

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