On the origin of stories : evolution, cognition, and fiction / / Brian Boyd.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 540 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: animal, human, art, story
- Book 1: Evolution, art, and fiction
- Part 1: Evolution and nature
- Evolution and human nature?
- Evolution, adaptation, and adapted minds
- The evolution of intelligence
- The evolution of cooperation
- Part 2: Evolution and art
- Art as adaptation?
- Art as cognitive play
- Art and attention
- From tradition to innovation
- Part 3: Evolution and fiction
- Art, narrative, fiction
- Understanding and recalling events
- Narrative: representing events
- Fiction: inventing events
- Fiction as adaptation
- Book II: From Zeus to Seuss: origins of stories
- Part 4: Phylogeny: the Odyssey
- Earning attention (1): natural patterns: character and plot
- Earning attention (s): open-ended patterns: ironies of structure
- The evolution of intelligence (1): in the here and now
- The evolution of intelligence (2): beyond the here and now
- The evolution of cooperation (1): expanding the circle
- The evolution of cooperation (2): punishment
- Part 5: Ontogeny: Horton hears a who!
- Levels of explanation: universal, local, and individual
- Levels of explanation: individuality again
- Levels of explanation: particular
- Meanings
- Conclusion: retrospect and prospects: evolution, literature, criticism.