5 FOREWORD
8 INTRODUCTION
  Chapter I
13 THE SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATION
  Chapter II
  THEORETICAL CONCEPTIONS OF PHANTASY
23 [introduction.]
24 PHANTASY AS PRIMORDIAL ESSENCE
26 REDUCTION OF PHANTASY TO OTHER PSYCHIC PROCESSES
27 PRODUCTS OF PHANTASY AND REALITY
28 THE HYPOTHESIS OF RANDOM FINDS
29 THE HYPOTHESIS OF RECOMBINATION
32 PROBLEM AND SET AS EXPLANATORY PRINCIPLES
36 THE LAWS OF THE FIELD AS EXPLANATORY PRINCIPLES
43 HYPOTHESIS OF STAGES OF CREATIVITY
46 ANALOGY AS AN EXPLANATORY PRINCIPLE
49 THE HYPOTHESIS OF RECOGNIZING CREATIVE IDEAS
50 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM OF ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
52 THE SUBCONSCIOUS AS A SOURCE OF PHANTASY
54 THE HYPOTHESIS OF ARCHETYPES
56 NON-PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTIONS OF PHANTASY
62 SUMMARY
  Chapter III
  THE METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF STUDYING PHANTASY
66 [introduction.]
66 TRADITIONAL METHODS OF STUDVING PHANTASM
70 MODERN METHODS OF STUDYING CREATIVITY
75 UNIVERSAL CHARACTER OF THE LAWS OF PHANTASY
77 THE IMPORTANCE OF NEGATIVE FACTS FOR REALIZING THE INTRINSIC LAWS OF PHANTASY
81 METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN EXPERIMENT PLANNING AND EXPLANATION OF RESULTS
84 SUMMARY
  Chapter IV
  EXPERIMENTS (METHODOLOGY, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION)
86 [introduction.]
86 THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL SERIES
102 THE SECOND EXPERIMENTAL SERIES
111 THE THIRD EXPERIMENTAL SERIES
131 THE FOURTH EXPERIMENTAL SERIES
138 SUMMARY
  Chapter V
  INNER PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF PHANTASY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO VARIOUS PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES
140 GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED THEORY
142 EXPERIMENTAL DATA REPORTED BY OTHER AUTHORS AND CONFIRMING THE PROPOSED THEORY OF PHANTASY
147 PSYCHOLOGICAL SPECIFICS OF ANALOGY AND LITERARY TROPES
150 SYMBOLS IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROPOSED THEORY OF PHANTASY
153 SOME GENERAL ATTRIBUTES OF CREATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROPOSED THEORY
159 ABSTRACTION AND CONCEPT FORMATION
164 NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED MECHANISMS OF PHANTASY
170 THE TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS OF PHANTASY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROPOSED MECHANISMS
176 INDICATION OF THE PROPOSED PHANTASY MECHANISMS IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
181 SUMMARY
  Chapter VI
  FACTORS CONDITIONING THE PROCESS OF PHANTASY
184 [introduction.]
184 MOTIVES OF PHANTASY
190 PERSONAL PECULIARITIES AND PHANTASY
199 THE SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS OF THE PROCESS OF PHANTASY
207 THE PROCESS OF PHANTASY AND AGE
216 SUMMARY
  Chapter VII
  PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF PHANTASY
217 [introduction.]
217 TRAINING PROCEDURES
225 ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURES
231 SUMMARY
232 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
236 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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