导言：走向自发思维的跨学科科学
Introduction: Toward an interdisciplinary science of spontaneous thought
摘要：
自发性思维这门新兴的科学仍然面临着巨大的问题：究竟什么是自发性思维？为什么我们的大脑会进行自发的思考，什么时候最有可能发生？从科学的角度来看，也许最有趣也最容易理解的问题是：大脑是如何产生、阐述和评估自己的自发创造的？本书的主要目的是汇集神经科学、心理学、哲学、现象学、历史学、教育学、解释学传统和临床实践的观点，以便开始解决我们统称为“自发思维”的普遍存在但知之甚少的心理现象。“也许没有其他的精神体验是我们在日常生活中如此熟悉，但如此难以理解和科学解释。本书是第一次尝试用如此高度不同的观点来回答自发思维是什么、什么时候、为什么以及如何产生的问题。
英文摘要：
Enormous questions still loom for the emerging science of spontaneous thought: what, exactly, is spontaneous thought? Why does our brain engage in spontaneous forms of thinking, and when is this most likely to occur? And perhaps the question most interesting and accessible from a scientific perspective: how does the brain generate, elaborate, and evaluate its own spontaneous creations? The central aim of this volume is to bring together views from neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, phenomenology, history, education, contemplative traditions, and clinical practice in order to begin to address the ubiquitous but poorly understood mental phenomena that we collectively call 'spontaneous thought.' Perhaps no other mental experience is so familiar to us in daily life, and yet so difficult to understand and explain scientifically. The present volume represents the first effort to bring such highly diverse perspectives to bear on answering the what, when, why, and how of spontaneous thought.
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