UID:
almahu_9949420274802882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781003139720
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1003139728
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1000770346
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9781000770353
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1000770354
,
9781000770346
Series Statement:
Routledge research in aesthetics
Content:
"This book presents new research on the crucial role that imagination plays in contemporary philosophy of fiction. The first part of the book challenges the main paradigm set by Kendall Walton and Gregory Currie, according to which there is a necessary connection between fiction and a prescription that we engage imaginatively with its content. The contributors address the fundamental questions of how we can define fiction, and especially whether we can define fiction in terms of imagination. The second part focuses on a distinct but related question: can we point to some distinctive experiential features of our engagement with fiction? In the third part, the focus lies on the cognitive value of fiction and on the role that imagination plays in that respect. The chapters in this part discuss the cognitive value of fiction with respect to issues such as the training of the faculty of imagination, phenomenal experience, empathy, and the emotions. The Philosophy of Fiction will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in aesthetics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and literary studies"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Philosophy of fiction New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9780367687205
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Essays.
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Essays.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003139720
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003139720
