P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts i P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 ii P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts A Guide for Humanists Patrick Colm Hogan ROUTLEDGE NEWYORKANDLONDON iii P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 Publishedin2003by Routledge 29West35thStreet NewYork,NY10001 www.routledge-ny.com PublishedinGreatBritainby Routledge 11NewFetterLane LondonEC4P4EE www.routledge.co.uk Copyright(cid:2)C 2003byTaylor&FrancisBooks,Inc. RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacidfreepaper. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinany formorbyanyelectronic,mechanicalorothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented, includingphotocopyingandrecordingorinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem, withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress ISBN0-415-94244-6(hb) ISBN0-415-94245-4(pb) iv P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 Formybrother v P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 vi P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction.TheDustheapofHistory:WhyCognitive ScienceNow? 1 Chapter1. “MyFavoriteThings”:ThinkingJazz 7 Chapter2. IsItCognitiveScienceYet?SomeBasicPrinciples 29 Chapter3. TheAuthor:MaestrosandGeniuses 59 Chapter4. TheText(I):WheretheMetaphorsAre 87 Chapter5. TheText(II):Narrative,orGettingtheStoryStraight 115 Chapter6. TheReader:HowLiteratureMakesUsFeel 140 Chapter7. FromMindtoMatter:Art,Empathy,andtheBrain 166 Chapter8. TheEvolutionaryTurn:BlindnessandInsightinthe ExplanationofArtandMind 191 Notes 219 WorksCited 227 Index 235 vii P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 viii P1:IML/FFX P2:IML/FFX QC:IML/FFX T1:IML 0415942454-FM-proof PB318-Hogan PB318-Hogan-v2.cls April24,2003 19:21 CharCount=0 Acknowledgments I owe my engagement with cognitive science first of all to my wife, Lalita Pandit,whobeganreadinginthefieldwellbeforeIdidandhasbeenacon- stantsourceofsupportandencouragement.Myfurtherresearchwasaided by a community of scholars with whom I was able to discuss and debate cognitive science and the arts at conferences in Santa Barbara, Jerusalem, Dartmouth,andelsewhere.ThiscommunityincludedJamshedBharucha, Terence Deacon, Paul Hernadi, Steven Pinker, Alan Richardson, Elaine Scarry,EllenSpolsky,FrancisSteen,JohnTooby,andLisaZunshine.Iwould like to give particular thanks to David Bordwell, Norman Holland, Keith Oatley,andMarkTurner—fourpath-breakingresearchers,withoutwhose workIcouldneverhaveundertakenabookoncognitionandliterature,for therewouldhavebeennofieldtodiscuss.LalitaPanditreadseveralsections of the manuscript and gave suggestions that have improved the work im- mensely.WithouttheencouragementandsupportofWilliamGermanoand MatthewByrnieatRoutledge,thisbookprobablywouldnothavebeenwrit- ten.IamalsogratefultoHenryBashwinerandhiscolleaguesatRoutledge who handled the book’s production. Finally, the Office of the Chancellor attheUniversityofConnecticutprovidedmewithareleasefromteaching dutiesinordertocompleteworkonthisbook.Thetimewasinvaluable. ix