A Sense of the World: Essays on Fiction, Narrative, and Knowledge

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

by John Gibson (Editor), Wolfgang Huemer (Editor), Luca Pocci (Editor)

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 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.

346 pages, Hardcover

First published July 5, 2007

Reviews

[Marilena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superinteresting book. I really enjoyed seeing how different philosophers contradict each other and some of them really came up with original ideas about fiction, reality, culture etc.
I liked it so much that I couldn't help photocopyinng it entirely to be able to underline on it when I reread it.