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Author:   Ema Sullivan-Bissett (University of Birmingham) ,  Helen Bradley (University of York) ,  Paul Noordhof (University of York)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.568kg
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9780198805403

ISBN 10:   0198805403
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   26 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction SECTION I: Author Testimony 2: Kathleen Stock: Fiction, Testimony, Belief, and History 3: Eva-Maria Konrad: Signposts of Factuality 4: Anna Ichino and Gregory Currie: Truth and Trust in Fiction SECTION II: Non-Testimonial Epistemic Contributions of Fiction 5: James O. Young: Literary Fiction and True Beliefs 6: Peter Lamarque: Belief, Thought and Literature 7: Allan Hazlett: Imagination that Amounts to Knowledge from Fiction 8: Lucy O'Brien: The Novel as a Source for Self-Knowledge SECTION III: Belief, Truth, and Attitudes from Fictional Persuasion 9: Ema Sullivan-Bissett and Lisa Bortolotti: Fictional Persuasion, Transparency, and the Aim of Belief 10: Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen: Fictional Persuasion and the Nature of Belief 11: Wesley Buckwalter and Katherine Tullmann: The Genuine Attitude View of Fictional Belief SECTION IV: Aesthetic Appreciation and Belief 12: Jon Robson: Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism 13: Daniel Whiting: Don't Take my Word for It: On Beliefs, Affects, Reasons, Values, Rationality, and Aesthetic Testimony

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Ema Sullivan-Bissett is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Her research concerns the nature of belief and its connection to truth, as well as delusional beliefs and how they are formed. Her publications include 'A Defence of Owens' Exclusivity Objection to Beliefs Having Aims' (2013), Philosophical Studies, vol. 163, no. 2, pp. 452-7 (with Paul Noordhof), 'Implicit Bias, Confabulation, and Epistemic Innocence' (2015), Consciousness and Cognition, vol. 33, pp. 548-60, 'Biological Function and Epistemic Normativity' (forthcoming), Philosophical Explorations, and 'Aims and Exclusivity' (forthcoming), European Journal of Philosophy. Helen Bradley received her PhD in Philosophy at the University of York in 2016 under the supervision of Peter Lamarque. Her research concerns the philosophy of depiction and the relation, and significance, of artistic style to our experience of pictures. Her publications include 'Reducing the Space of Seeing-In' (2014), British Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 409-24, and 'The Pursuit of Fiction: An interview with Peter Lamarque' (2013), Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 2-16. Paul Noordhof is Anniversary Professor of Philosophy at the University of York. His main research interests are in the philosophy of mind, action theory, and metaphysics. His work in the philosophy of mind mainly focuses upon the nature and explanatory character of consciousness. His publications include 'A Defence of Owens' Exclusivity Objection to Beliefs Having Aims' (2013), Philosophical Studies, vol. 163, no. 2, pp. 452-7 (with Ema Sullivan-Bissett), 'The Essential Instability of Self-Deception' (2009), Social Theory and Practice, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 45-71, 'Self-Deception, Interpretation and Consciousness' (2003), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 75-100, and 'Believe What You Want' (2001), Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol 101, no. 3, pp. 247-65.

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