Prologue: Literary Depth, Mental Shallows
Part One, The Illusion of Mental Depth: The Power of Invention
The Inconstant Imagination
Part Two, The Improvised Mind: The Cycle of Thought
The Narrow Channel of Consciousness
The Myth of Unconscious Thought
The Boundary of Consciousness
Precedents not Principles
The Secret of Intelligence
Epilogue: Reinventing Ourselves
