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Singer has investigated a wide variety of topics over his long and productive academic career. Despite this variety, however, there has been a single-minded tenacity to his work as he focuses on a common theme: human creativity. In this excellent new work, Singer tackles this difficult notion with his usual aplomb. It was a joy to read. -- Scott Stewart, Professor of Philosophy, Cape Breton University The writing in this book is classic Singer: gracefully urbane, informed, insightful, and easily at home with the whole Western tradition in philosophy. His book is oriented in a genuinely open way to anyone interested in the subject of imagination and creativity. Readers will welcome its wholesome sunlit sanity amid the fogs and miasmas of postmodernism. -- Thomas Alexander, Department of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale This book is vintage Singer: thoughtful, well informed, sensitive, and sensible. It rewards the reader with a host of good ideas. -- John Lachs, Centennial Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, and author of The Relevance of Philosophy to Life

About the Author

Irving Singer was Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He was the author of the trilogies The Nature of Love and Meaning in Life, Philosophy of Love- A Partial Summing-Up, Mozart and Beethoven- The Concept of Love in Their Operas, all published by the MIT Press, and many other books.

Reviews

"Singer has investigated a wide variety of topics over his long and productive academic career. Despite this variety, however, there has been a single-minded tenacity to his work as he focuses on a common theme: human creativity. In this excellent new work, Singer tackles this difficult notion with his usual aplomb. It was a joy to read." Scott Stewart , Professor of Philosophy, Cape Breton University "The writing in this book is classic Singer: gracefully urbane, informed, insightful, and easily at home with the whole Western tradition in philosophy. His book is oriented in a genuinely open way to anyone interested in the subject of imagination and creativity. Readers will welcome its wholesome sunlit sanity amid the fogs and miasmas of postmodernism." Thomas Alexander , Department of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale "This book is vintage Singer: thoughtful, well informed, sensitive, and sensible. It rewards the reader with a host of good ideas." John Lachs , Centennial Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, and author of The Relevance of Philosophy to Life