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Author:   Stefan Snaevarr
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   378
Weight:   0.917kg
ISBN:  

9789004523807

ISBN 10:   9004523804
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   29 September 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Preface Part A Rational Poetic Experimentalism Section I Introducing the rpe Introduction to Section i, Part a 1 Experimental Philosophy and the Literary Introducing the Literary Experiments and Philosophy Responses and Rejoinders Conclusion 2 rpe and Its Methodology Nozick's Pluralist and Aesthetic View of Philosophy The Proliferation of Possibilities and the Destab Quasi-induction and Inference to the Least Bad Explanation Objections and Responses Conclusion Conclusion and Summary of Section i , Part a section II Philosophy and Literature: The No-Gap Theory Introduction to Section ii , Part a 1 Discussing Definitions Preparing the Ground for the No-Gap Theory The Concept of Philosophy The Concepts of the Literary and Imaginative Literature The Institutional Theory Amoebaean Concepts Conclusion 2 Fleshing Out the No-Gap Theory The Indicators The Similarities between Philosophy and Literature Conclusion 3 The No-Gap Theory and the Problem of Progress Cognitive Progress Williamson on Progress in Philosophy Other Thinkers on Progress Progress and the Proliferation of Possibilities Rejoinders and Responses Conclusion Conclusion and Summary of Section ii , Part a section III Destabing and the Literary Factors Introduction to Section iii , Part a 1 The Might of Metaphors On Metaphorism Introduction to Metaphors and Max Black's Theories The Tropical Side of Language Goodman on Metaphors Metaphorism: Generative Metaphorics Ricoeur: Live Metaphors and Split Reference Ricoeur: Emotions, Creativity, and Imagination Ricoeur: The Cognitive Function of Metaphors The Alethetic Theory of Metaphoric Understanding Metaphors only Shadows of Literal Meaning? Conclusion 2 In the Beginning Was the Story On Narrativism Introducing Narratives and Stories The Narrativist Argument: Carr The Narrative Realist Argument: Dray and Schapp Blending Theory and Narrativism Mink and Narration as Cognition Ricoeur and the Rule of Narratives The rpe and Narrativism Lamarque's Criticism of Narrativism Conclusion 3 Is Reality a Fiction? On Fictionalism Introducing Fictionalism (and Its Forefathers) Walton and Make-Believe Different Kinds of Fictionalism Make-Believe and Mathematics Fictionalism and the rpe A Note on Imagination and Creativity Critical Comments Conclusion Conclusion and Summary of Section iii , Part a Part b The Poetic of Reason section i Introducing the Poetic of Reason Introduction to Section i , Part b 1 Preliminary Notes on Reason Reason, Truth, and Evaluation Logic and Reason Induction and Abduction More about Deduction Rejoinders and Replies Conclusion 2 Linguistic Rationalism and the Nobel Art of Destabing Preparatory Notes on Some Analytical Schools Habermas, Apel, Reason, and Language Is Reason Really Rational? First Destabing: Language Second Destabing: Linguistic Rationalism Third Destabing: Practical Reason Rejoinders and Responses Conclusion 3 The Poetic of Models Metaphors and Models A Note on Metaphors, Causal Reference, and Generalizations Critics of Models and Metaphors Models as Fictions Models and Narratives: The Poetic of Science Responses to Possible Objections Conclusion 4 Relativism and Conceptual Schemes Relativism and Incommensurability Davidson's Criticism of Incommensurabilism Defending Schemism Conclusion 5 The Reasons of Relativism, the Relativity of Reason Goodman and the Plurality of Worlds Margolis and Relativism Rorty and Relativism Lingualism, Science, Reality, Skepticism Conclusion 6 Rhetoric, Science, and Literature The Rhetoric of Science (Destabing Science) Novels as Models, Multivalentism and Literature Conclusion Conclusion and Summary of Section i , Part b section ii The Poetic of Reason ( ii ): Feelings, Disclosure, Background Introduction to Section ii , Part b 1 Feelings Emotions and Feelings: Cognitive Theories Goldie on Emotions, the Body, and Subjectivity Taylor's Hermeneutic Cognitivism Feeling, Cognition, Art, Science, Values Intuition and Imagination Conclusion 2 The Poetic of Emotions Emotions and Metaphors Narratives and Emotions Fictions and the Meeting Places of the Threesome Conclusion 3 Deflated Disclosure Heidegger's World Disclosure Introducing Deflated Disclosure Literature and f-d-e-Disclosing Disclosism and Rationality Conclusion 4 Background and Literature The Background The Literary Factors, Artworks, and the Ineffable Conclusion 5 The Amoebae of Reason Concluding Comments on Rationality Reason and the Poetic Rationality Again The Crossword Puzzle of Reason Conclusion Conclusion and Summary of Section ii , Part b Concluding the Book Concluding the Experiments, Concluding the Book Conclusion of the Conclusion A Concluding Personal Note Bibliography Index

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Stefan Snaevarr is Professor of Philosophy at the Norway Inland University, Lillehammer, Norway. His main professional interests lie broadly within the field of aesthetics. His last book in English was Metaphors, Narratives, Emotions. Their Interplay and Impact (Rodopi, 2010).

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