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Summary: Logic and rationality are only one half of the picture
Review: The author introduces and explores the concept of "the Metaphoric Mind." He admittedly does not originate much of the thought in this book, but rather collects it from a variety of sources and then adds his own opinion to it. Still, it is clear that the author is making an additional contribution of his own. In a nutshell, the metaphoric mind is the sort of intuitive, preconscious, "right brained" counterpart to our rationale, logical, "left brain." Some of the material is dated (see Robert Ornstein's _The_Right_Mind_) in terms of the physiological basis for the metaphoric mind. Nevertheless, the concept holds today and the most valuable part of the book, the case for recognition of the metaphoric mind as the necessary and appropriate counterpart to the rationale mind, is intact. All-in-all a thought provoking book which should be of special interest to anyone pursing the topics of Zen, Right/Left Mindedness and Creativity.Table of Contents: 1. In the Beginning 2. The Rational Side of Metaphor 3. Metaphors of Cycle and Line 4. Rational Mindscapes 5. Shadows of Balance 6. The Gift of Beginning 7. Metaphoric Mindscapes 8. A Short Editorial 9. Sources of Metaphor 10. Motivation and Metaphor 11. The Human Triangle 12. The Fourth Dimension 13. The Disease of Imbalance 14. The New Child
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Summary: Logic and rationality are only one half of the picture
Review: The author introduces and explores the concept of "the Metaphoric Mind." He admittedly does not originate much of the thought in this book, but rather collects it from a variety of sources and then adds his own opinion to it. Still, it is clear that the author is making an additional contribution of his own. In a nutshell, the metaphoric mind is the sort of intuitive, preconscious, "right brained" counterpart to our rationale, logical, "left brain." Some of the material is dated (see Robert Ornstein's _The_Right_Mind_) in terms of the physiological basis for the metaphoric mind. Nevertheless, the concept holds today and the most valuable part of the book, the case for recognition of the metaphoric mind as the necessary and appropriate counterpart to the rationale mind, is intact. All-in-all a thought provoking book which should be of special interest to anyone pursing the topics of Zen, Right/Left Mindedness and Creativity. Table of Contents: 1. In the Beginning 2. The Rational Side of Metaphor 3. Metaphors of Cycle and Line 4. Rational Mindscapes 5. Shadows of Balance 6. The Gift of Beginning 7. Metaphoric Mindscapes 8. A Short Editorial 9. Sources of Metaphor 10. Motivation and Metaphor 11. The Human Triangle 12. The Fourth Dimension 13. The Disease of Imbalance 14. The New Child
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