Imagining and knowing : the shape of fiction / Gregory Currie.
2020
PN3331 .C8 2020
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Title
Imagining and knowing : the shape of fiction / Gregory Currie.
Author
Currie, Gregory, author.
ISBN
9780191748066 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (256 pages).
Call Number
PN3331 .C8 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
809.3
Summary
Gregory Currie defends the view that works of fiction guide the imagination, and then considers whether fiction can also guide our beliefs. He makes a case for modesty about learning from fiction, as it is easy to be too optimistic about the psychological insights of authors, and empathy is hard to acquire while not always morally advantageous.
Note
Gregory Currie defends the view that works of fiction guide the imagination, and then considers whether fiction can also guide our beliefs. He makes a case for modesty about learning from fiction, as it is easy to be too optimistic about the psychological insights of authors, and empathy is hard to acquire while not always morally advantageous.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 30, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780199656615
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