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A Clearing in the Forest (Paperback, New edition)
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A Clearing in the Forest (Paperback, New edition)
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"There is a virtual revolution going on within the cognitive
sciences", writes Steven L. Winter in the preface of this new book.
The revolution has irrevocably transformed our basic understanding
of the mind, establishing both that imagination is central to
cognition and that imagination is an orderly, systematic, embodied
process. The implications are profound, changing how we understand
language and thought and, therefore, entire debates in philosophy,
literary theory and - most significantly - law. Drawing from all
these disciplines, as well as from psychology, anthropology and
linguistics, Winter has constructed nothing less than a tour de
force of interdisciplinary analysis. "A Clearing in the Forest"
rests on the simple notion that the better we understand the
intricate workings of the mind, the better we will understand all
of its products - especially law. Categorization plays a key role
in this understanding, for it is categories that define our
expectations and, in so doing, shape what we find believable, what
we judge accurate, what we experience as cogent, compelling and
persuasive. But what does law do when our categories run out? Is
pornographic speech protected by the First Amendment, or should it
not be protected because it more closely resembles libel? Should
abortion be protected because it falls into the category of rights
reserved to the mother, or is it more like the category of harms
done to others? Through law, the revolution in cognitive science
finds almost limitless applications. In this compelling meditation
not only on how the law works, but what it ultimately means, Winter
charts a unique course to understanding the world we inhabit,
showing us the w
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