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The Philosophy of Fiction: Imagination and Cognition
The Philosophy of Fiction: Imagination and Cognition
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The Philosophy of Fiction explores the role of imagination in contemporary philosophy of fiction, challenging the paradigm that fiction is necessarily connected to a prescription for engaging imaginatively with its content. It also discusses the cognitive value of fiction and the role that imagination plays in that respect, with chapters discussing the training of the faculty of imagination, phenomenal experience, empathy, and the emotions.
Format: Hardback
Length: 286 pages
Publication date: 14 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This captivating book delves into the profound significance of imagination in contemporary philosophy of fiction, offering fresh insights and challenging prevailing paradigms. In the opening chapter, the contributors boldly challenge the established notion proposed by Kendall Walton and Gregory Currie, which asserts a necessary link between fiction and the active engagement of our imaginations with its content. They delve into the core questions of how fiction can be defined, particularly in terms of imagination.
The second chapter takes up a related but distinct inquiry, exploring whether there are specific experiential characteristics associated with our engagement with fiction. The third chapter focuses on the cognitive value of fiction, emphasizing the role that imagination plays in this realm. The chapters within this section examine the cognitive significance of fiction with respect to various topics, including the cultivation of imagination, the experience of phenomenal phenomena, empathy, and the emotions.
The Philosophy of Fiction is a treasure trove for scholars and advanced students engaged in aesthetics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and literary studies. Chapter 13 of this book is graciously made available in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been generously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license, ensuring wide accessibility and dissemination of knowledge.
Weight: 710g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367687205
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