Overview

A team of leading contributors from both philosophical and literary backgrounds have been brought together in this impressive book to examine how works of literary fiction can be a source of knowledge. Together, they analyze the important trends in this current popular debate. The innovative feature of this volume is that it mixes work by literary theorists and scholars with work of analytic philosophers that combined together provide a comprehensive statement of the variety of ways in which works of fiction can engage questions of worldly interest. It uses the problem of cognitive value to explore: literature’s contribution to ethical life literature’s ability to engage in social and political critique the role narrative plays in opening up possibilities of moral, aesthetic, experience and selfhood This remarkable volume will attract the attention of both literature and philosophy scholars with its statement of the various ways that literature and life take an interest in one another.

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Author:   John Gibson (Temple University, Philadelphia, USA) ,  Wolfgang Huemer ,  Luca Pocci
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 7
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.657kg
ISBN:  

9780415701914

ISBN 10:   0415701910
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   20 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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. ..this volume makes an important contribution by focusing on several areas in which literary fiction and narrative remain of vital contemporary philosophical interest. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

...this volume makes an important contribution by focusing on several areas in which literary fiction and narrative remain of vital contemporary philosophical interest. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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Temple University, Philadelphia, USA Universitat Erfurt, Germany

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